日暮途窮

Chinese

		nightfall; dusk; sunset nightfall; dusk; sunset; evening	way; route; road	exhausted; poor
trad. (日暮途窮)		日暮	途	窮
simp. (日暮途穷)		日暮	途	穷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rìmùtúqióng

(Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-bō͘-tô͘-kiông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rìmùtúqióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rìhmùtúcyóng
  - Wade–Giles: jih⁴-mu⁴-tʻu²-chʻiung²
  - Yale: r̀-mù-tú-chyúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhmuhtwuchyong
  - Palladius: жимутуцюн (žimutucjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat⁶ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴
  - Yale: yaht mouh tòuh kùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ mou⁶ tou⁴ kung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² mou̯²² tʰou̯²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-bō͘-tô͘-kiông
  - Tâi-lô: li̍t-bōo-tôo-kiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lidboxdo'kioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² bɔ²²⁻²¹ tɔ²⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²⁴/

Idiom

日暮途窮

to be in a very desperate situation and close to perishing