歧路

Chinese

		divergent; side road	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (歧路)		歧	路
alternative forms		岐路

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qílù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ lou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qílù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cílù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lu⁴
  - Yale: chí-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiluh
  - Palladius: цилу (cilu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ lou⁶
  - Yale: kèih louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ lou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kî-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kilo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ lɔ³³/

Middle Chinese: gjie luH

Rime
Character	歧	路
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	巨支切	洛故切
Baxter	gjie	luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇ/	/luo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛ/	/luo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɛ/	/lo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giə̆/	/lɔ^H/
Li Rong	/ɡie/	/lo^H/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/	/lu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gie̯/	/luo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴	lou⁶

Noun

歧路

forked road; branched road; crossroads
(figurative) wrong path; wrong direction

Derived terms

徘徊歧路
徬徨歧路
歧路亡羊 (qílùwángyáng)