不歸路
Chinese
| not; no | to go back; to return | road; path; way | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不歸路) | 不 | 歸 | 路 | |
| simp. (不归路) | 不 | 归 | 路 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùguīlù
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄌㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùgueilù
- Wade–Giles: pu4-kuei1-lu4
- Yale: bù-gwēi-lù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugueiluh
- Palladius: бугуйлу (bugujlu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 gwai1 lou6
- Yale: bāt gwāi louh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 gwai1 lou6
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 guei1 lou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ lou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bug4 gui1 lou7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk kui lōu
- Sinological IPA (key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ kui³³⁻²³ lou¹¹/
- (Teochew)
Noun
不歸路
- (figurative) the road that never returns; road of no return; path of destruction or death
- 2018, “Rain In Ho Chi Minh / 胡志明的雨 / Saigon Mưa Rơi”, Namewee, Kai Đinh (lyrics), performed by Namewee and Hồ Quang Hiếu: