窮途末路

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	way; route; road	end; final stage; latter part	road; path; way
trad. (窮途末路)		窮	途	末	路
simp. (穷途末路)		穷	途	末	路

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qióngtúmòlù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ tou⁴ mut⁶ lou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qióngtúmòlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongtwumohluh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kung⁴ tou⁴ mut⁶ lou⁶
  - Yale: kùhng tòuh muht louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ tou⁴ mut⁹ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ tou⁴ mud⁶ lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹ muːt̚² lou̯²²/

Idiom

窮途末路

to be very poor or desperate; to be back to the wall

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