後路

See also: 后路

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	road; path; way
trad. (後路)		後	路
simp. (后路)		后	路

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòulù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ lou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ǎu-lō͘ / āu-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòulù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòulù
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-lu⁴
  - Yale: hòu-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howluh
  - Palladius: хоулу (xoulu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ lou⁶
  - Yale: hauh louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² lou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ǎu-lōo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² lɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: āu-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxlo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/

Noun

後路

(literally) the road behind
(figurative) escape route; route of retreat; way out
(figurative) leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space
(figurative) alternative course of action

Synonyms

(escape route): 後步／后步 (hòubù)
(leeway):

地步 (dìbù) (literary)
後步／后步 (hòubù)
退步 (tuìbù)
退路 (tuìlù) (figurative)
餘地／余地 (yúdì) (literal and figurative)

(alternative course of action): 後步／后步 (hòubù)

Derived terms

抄後路／抄后路 (chāo hòulù)
留後路／留后路

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