血路

Chinese

		blood	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (血路)		血	路

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèlù, xuělù, xiělù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄨˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ lou⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): he⁶ lou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiat-lō͘ / hoeh-lō͘ / huih-lō͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷shiuq-lu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèlù
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-lu⁴
  - Yale: sywè-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehluh
  - Palladius: сюэлу (sjuelu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuělù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuělù
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-lu⁴
  - Yale: sywě-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueluh
  - Palladius: сюэлу (sjuelu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiělù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siělù
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh³-lu⁴
  - Yale: syě-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieeluh
  - Palladius: селу (selu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ lou⁶
  - Yale: hyut louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ lou̯²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: he⁶ lou⁵ [Phonetic: he⁴ lou⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hā̤-lō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /he¹¹⁻⁴² lɔu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: he⁶ lou⁵ [Phonetic: he⁴ lou⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /he²¹⁻⁴² lɔu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hiat-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiatlo
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ lɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hueh-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoehlo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: huih-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huihlo
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lɔ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷shiuq-lu
  - MiniDict: shiuih^入 lu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xyq-lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕyɪʔ³³ lu⁴⁴/

Noun

血路

(archaic) an escape route carved out by charging through the enemy's line

Japanese

Kanji in this term
血	路
けつ Grade: 3	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally "blood path". Originally a path that a bleeding, injured animal uses to escape.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ke̞t͡sɨɾo̞]

Noun

血(けつ)路(ろ) • (ketsuro)

an escape path from surrounding enemies
a way out from a difficult situation

Idioms

血路(けつろ)を開(ひら)く (ketsuro o hiraku)