歧路

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (30) (37)
Final () (11) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter gjie luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡiᴇ/ /luoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiɛ/ /luoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡjɛ/ /loH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/giə̆/ /lɔH/
Li
Rong
/ɡie/ /loH/
Wang
Li
/ɡǐe/ /luH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/gie̯/ /luoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kei4 lou6

Noun

歧路

  1. forked road; branched road; crossroads
  2. (figurative) wrong path; wrong direction

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