末路

Chinese

		end; final stage; latter part	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (末路)		末	路

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòlù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ lou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boa̍t-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòlù
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-lu⁴
  - Yale: mwò-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohluh
  - Palladius: молу (molu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    末路
    陌路
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: mut⁶ lou⁶
  - Yale: muht louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² lou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: bua̍t-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boadlo
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /buat̚⁴⁻³² lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /buat̚²⁴⁻² lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /buat̚⁴⁻³² lɔ²²/

Noun

末路

(literary) end of the road
(figurative) dead end; impasse; end
(literary) final period of a dynasty or a person's life; last days
(literary) last (in sequence)

Derived terms

晚節末路 / 晚节末路
末路之難 / 末路之难
末路人
末路窮途 / 末路穷途
窮途末路 / 穷途末路 (qióngtúmòlù)
英雄末路

Japanese

Kanji in this term
末	路
ばつ Grade: 4	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
末	路
まつ Grade: 4	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨɾo̞]
IPA^(key): [ba̠t͡sɨɾo̞]

Noun

末(まつ)路(ろ) or 末(ばつ)路(ろ) • (matsuro or batsuro)

end of the road
final period of a dynasty or a person's life; last days
頑張(がんば)らない人(ひと)の末路(まつろ)
ganbaranai hito no matsuro
fate of a person who does not persevere
state of decline after glory

References

“末路”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025