死衚衕

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	hutong
trad. (死衚衕/死胡同)		死	衚衕/胡同
simp. (死胡同)		死	胡同

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐhútòng

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² wu⁴ tung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sǐhútòng → sǐhútong (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ → ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwu.tonq
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/ → /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊŋ³/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: sǐhútòngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhwutonglh
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu³⁵ tʰʊ̃ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² wu⁴ tung⁴
  - Yale: séi wùh tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² wu⁴ tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² wu⁴ tung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ wuː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

死衚衕

(literally) blind alley
(figuratively) dead end; cul-de-sac

Synonyms

死路 (sǐlù)
死巷 (sǐxiàng)

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