十字路口

Chinese

		cross-shaped	intersection; crossing; junction
simp. and trad. (十字路口)		十字	路口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shízìlùkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄗˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap⁶ zi⁶ lou⁶ hau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sip⁵ du⁵ lu⁵ heu²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍p-sṳ-lu-héu / sṳ̍p-sṳ-lu-khéu

  (Hailu, HRS): shib^ˋ sii^˖ lu^˖ heu^ˊ / shib^ˋ sii^˖ lu^˖ kieu^ˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shízìlùkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄗˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhzìhlùkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-tzŭ⁴-lu⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: shŕ-dz̀-lù-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtzyhluhkoou
    • Palladius: шицзылукоу (šiczylukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ zi⁶ lou⁶ hau²
    • Yale: sahp jih louh háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ dzi⁶ lou⁶ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ ji⁶ lou⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² t͡siː²² lou̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sip⁵ du⁵ lu⁵ heu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚³² tu³² lu³² heu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍p-sṳ-lu-héu / sṳ̍p-sṳ-lu-khéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: siib sii lu heu^ˋ / siib sii lu keu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sib⁶ si⁴ lu⁴ heu³ / sib⁶ si⁴ lu⁴ keu³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨp̚⁵ sɨ⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵ heu̯³¹/, /sɨp̚⁵ sɨ⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵ kʰeu̯³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shib^ˋ sii^˖ lu^˖ heu^ˊ / shib^ˋ sii^˖ lu^˖ kieu^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃip² sɨ³³ lu³³ heu²⁴/, /ʃip² sɨ³³ lu³³ kʰieu²⁴/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • sṳ̍p-sṳ-lu-héu - vernacular;
  • sṳ̍p-sṳ-lu-khéu - literary.
• Hailu:
  • shibˋ sii˖ lu˖ heuˊ - vernacular;
  • shibˋ sii˖ lu˖ kieuˊ - literary.

Idiom

十字路口

1. cross-shaped intersection; street crossing
2. (figurative) turning point; crossroads

   人生的十字路口  ―  rénshēng de shízìlùkǒu  ―  crossroads of life; turning point of life

Synonyms

• 交叉路口, (Hokkien) 十字路頭／十字路头, 四叉路口

Related terms

• 丁字路口 (dīngzì lùkǒu)

References

• “Entry #629”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.