退路

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	road; path; way
trad. (退路)		退	路
simp. #(退路)		退	路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ lou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-lu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thèr-lō͘ / thè-lō͘ / thòe-lō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèilù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: twèi-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyluh
    • Palladius: туйлу (tujlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ lou⁶
    • Yale: teui louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ lou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: tui lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-lōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thè-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tealo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ lɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thòe-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thuè-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toealo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰue²¹⁻⁴¹ lɔ³³/

Noun

退路

1. escape route; route of retreat; way out
2. (figurative) leeway; room (for negotiation, to maneuver, etc.); latitude; margin; space

Synonyms

• (escape route): 後路／后路 (hòulù), 後步／后步 (hòubù), 退步 (tuìbù)
• (leeway):

• 地步 (dìbù) (literary)
• 後步／后步 (hòubù)
• 後路／后路 (hòulù) (figurative)
• 退步 (tuìbù)
• 餘地／余地 (yúdì) (literal and figurative)