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

  (Pinyin): bùguīlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gwai¹ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ gui¹ lou⁷

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• 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/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ gui¹ lou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk kui lōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ kui³³⁻²³ lou¹¹/

Noun

不歸路

1. (figurative) the road that never returns; road of no return; path of destruction or death

   • 借宿　在陌生的國度　踏上了不歸路 [MSC, trad.]
     借宿　在陌生的国度　踏上了不归路 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, Namewee and Hồ Quang Hiếu (lyricists Namewee and Kai Đinh), Rain In Ho Chi Minh / 胡志明的雨 / Saigon Mưa Rơi

     jièsù, zài mòshēng de guódù, tà shàng le bùguīlù [Pinyin]

     Trying to survive in this unfamiliar country,
     I know there's no turning back.

See also

• 歸路／归路 (guīlù)