"途" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /tʰu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰou̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰu¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /tu⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tɔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /tɔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /tɔ¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /tɔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /tɔ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /tʰu⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /tʰu³⁵/, /tʰou̯²¹/, /tʰu¹¹/, /tu⁵³/, /tɔ²⁴/, /tɔ²⁴/, /tɔ¹³/, /tɔ²⁴/, /tɔ²³/, /tʰu⁵⁵/, /du²³/, /dəu²²³/ Chinese transliterations: tú [Mandarin, Pinyin], tu² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tou⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], thù [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], dù, tô͘ [Hokkien, POJ], tu⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶du, ²dou, tú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tú [Mandarin, Yale], twu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ту [Mandarin, Palladius], tu [Mandarin, Palladius], tòuh [Cantonese, Yale], tou⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tou⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], thù [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], tuˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], dù [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], tôo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], doo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], thû [POJ, Teochew], ⁶du [Wu], du^去 [Wu], ³du [Wu], /du²³/ [Wu], ²dou [Wu], dou^平 [Wu], /dəu²²³/ [Wu], du [Middle-Chinese], /*lˤa/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*l'aː/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'aː) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 余 (OC *la). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *l'aː}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'aː), {{m|zh|辵//|辶||tr=-}} 辶, {{m|zh|余//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *la</span>}} 余 (OC *la), {{Han compound|辵|余|alt1=辶|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'aː) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 余 (OC *la) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 途
  1. way; path; road
    Sense id: en-途-zh-character-70rEHDW1
  2. method; way
    Sense id: en-途-zh-character-5A4YopiU
  3. (figurative) journey (to officialdom); career; course; path Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-途-zh-character-TXIfhYNK Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 62 38
  4. a surname
    Sense id: en-途-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 中途 (zhōngtú), 中途之家, 中途島 (Zhōngtú Dǎo), 中途岛 (Zhōngtú Dǎo), 中途曝光, 中途而廢 (zhōngtú'érfèi), 中途而废 (zhōngtú'érfèi), 人鬼殊途, 仕途 (shìtú), 假途滅虢, 假途灭虢, 傳染途徑, 传染途径, 冥途 (míngtú), 分途, 前途 (qiántú), 前途似錦, 前途似锦, 前途未卜, 前途無量 (qiántúwúliàng), 前途无量 (qiántúwúliàng), 半途 (bàntú), 半途而廢 (bàntú'érfèi), 半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi), 半途自畫, 半途自画, 同歸殊途, 同归殊途, 命途, 命途坎坷, 命途多舛 (mìngtúduōchuǎn), 哭窮途, 哭穷途, 坦途 (tǎntú), 宦途 (huàntú), 幽途, 幽顯異途, 幽显异途, 引入歧途, 征途 (zhēngtú), 徬徨歧途, 政途, 旅途 (lǚtú), 日暮途窮 (rìmùtúqióng), 日暮途穷 (rìmùtúqióng), 日暮途遠, 日暮途远, 末路窮途, 末路穷途, 正途 (zhèngtú), 歧途 (qítú), 歸途 (guītú), 归途 (guītú), 殊途同歸 (shūtútóngguī), 殊途同归 (shūtútóngguī), 沿途 (yántú), 淑慝殊途, 溺途, 用途 (yòngtú), 畏途 (wèitú), 異途同歸, 异途同归, 短途 (duǎntú), 視為畏途 (shìwéiwèitú), 视为畏途 (shìwéiwèitú), 窮途, 穷途, 窮途之哭, 穷途之哭, 窮途末路 (qióngtúmòlù), 穷途末路 (qióngtúmòlù), 窮途潦倒, 穷途潦倒, 窮途落魄, 穷途落魄, 絡繹於途, 络绎于途, 老馬識途 (lǎomǎshítú), 老马识途 (lǎomǎshítú), 航途, 計窮途拙, 计穷途拙, 誤入歧途 (wùrùqítú), 误入歧途 (wùrùqítú), 識途老馬, 识途老马, 路途 (lùtú), 迷失路途, 迷途 (mítú), 迷途知反, 迷途知返 (mítúzhīfǎn), 途中 (túzhōng), 途人 (túrén), 途徑 (tújìng), 途径 (tújìng), 途次, 途窮日暮, 途穷日暮, 途經 (tújīng), 途经 (tújīng), 道盡途窮, 道尽途穷, 道途, 長途 (chángtú), 长途 (chángtú), 長途跋涉 (chángtúbáshè), 长途跋涉 (chángtúbáshè), 長途電話 (chángtú diànhuà), 长途电话 (chángtú diànhuà), 險途, 险途, 首途 (shǒutú)

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "zhōngtú",
      "word": "中途"
    },
    {
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      "word": "中途之家"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "Zhōngtú Dǎo",
      "word": "中途島"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "Zhōngtú Dǎo",
      "word": "中途岛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "中途曝光"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "zhōngtú'érfèi",
      "word": "中途而廢"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "zhōngtú'érfèi",
      "word": "中途而废"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "人鬼殊途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìtú",
      "word": "仕途"
    },
    {
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      "word": "假途滅虢"
    },
    {
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      "word": "假途灭虢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "傳染途徑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "传染途径"
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    {
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      "roman": "míngtú",
      "word": "冥途"
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    {
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      "word": "分途"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qiántú",
      "word": "前途"
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    {
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      "word": "前途似錦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "前途似锦"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "前途未卜"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qiántúwúliàng",
      "word": "前途無量"
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    {
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      "roman": "qiántúwúliàng",
      "word": "前途无量"
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    {
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      "roman": "bàntú",
      "word": "半途"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "bàntú'érfèi",
      "word": "半途而廢"
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    {
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      "roman": "bàntú'érfèi",
      "word": "半途而废"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "半途自畫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "半途自画"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "同歸殊途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "同归殊途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "命途"
    },
    {
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      "word": "命途坎坷"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "mìngtúduōchuǎn",
      "word": "命途多舛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "哭窮途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "哭穷途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tǎntú",
      "word": "坦途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huàntú",
      "word": "宦途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "幽途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "幽顯異途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "幽显异途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "引入歧途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēngtú",
      "word": "征途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "徬徨歧途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "政途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǚtú",
      "word": "旅途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rìmùtúqióng",
      "word": "日暮途窮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rìmùtúqióng",
      "word": "日暮途穷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "日暮途遠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "日暮途远"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "末路窮途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "末路穷途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhèngtú",
      "word": "正途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qítú",
      "word": "歧途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guītú",
      "word": "歸途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guītú",
      "word": "归途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shūtútóngguī",
      "word": "殊途同歸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shūtútóngguī",
      "word": "殊途同归"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yántú",
      "word": "沿途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "淑慝殊途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "溺途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yòngtú",
      "word": "用途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wèitú",
      "word": "畏途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "異途同歸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "异途同归"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "duǎntú",
      "word": "短途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìwéiwèitú",
      "word": "視為畏途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìwéiwèitú",
      "word": "视为畏途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "窮途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "穷途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "窮途之哭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "穷途之哭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qióngtúmòlù",
      "word": "窮途末路"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qióngtúmòlù",
      "word": "穷途末路"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "窮途潦倒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "穷途潦倒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "窮途落魄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "穷途落魄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "絡繹於途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "络绎于途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎomǎshítú",
      "word": "老馬識途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎomǎshítú",
      "word": "老马识途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "航途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "計窮途拙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "计穷途拙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wùrùqítú",
      "word": "誤入歧途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wùrùqítú",
      "word": "误入歧途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "識途老馬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "识途老马"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lùtú",
      "word": "路途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "迷失路途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mítú",
      "word": "迷途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "迷途知反"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mítúzhīfǎn",
      "word": "迷途知返"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "túzhōng",
      "word": "途中"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "túrén",
      "word": "途人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tújìng",
      "word": "途徑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tújìng",
      "word": "途径"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "途次"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "途窮日暮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "途穷日暮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tújīng",
      "word": "途經"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tújīng",
      "word": "途经"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "道盡途窮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "道尽途穷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "道途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chángtú",
      "word": "長途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chángtú",
      "word": "长途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chángtúbáshè",
      "word": "長途跋涉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chángtúbáshè",
      "word": "长途跋涉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chángtú diànhuà",
      "word": "長途電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chángtú diànhuà",
      "word": "长途电话"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "險途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "险途"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shǒutú",
      "word": "首途"
    }
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      "name": "liushu"
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        "4": "",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "way; path; road"
      ],
      "id": "en-途-zh-character-70rEHDW1",
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "method; way"
      ],
      "id": "en-途-zh-character-5A4YopiU",
      "links": [
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "journey (to officialdom); career; course; path"
      ],
      "id": "en-途-zh-character-TXIfhYNK",
      "links": [
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "officialdom",
          "officialdom"
        ],
        [
          "career",
          "career"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) journey (to officialdom); career; course; path"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-途-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thù"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "dù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tu⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶du"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "²dou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "twu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ту"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tòuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dù"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶du"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "du^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³du"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/du²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²dou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dou^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/dəu²²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "du"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*lˤa/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*l'aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/du²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəu²²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*lˤa/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*l'aː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "途"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zhōngtú",
      "word": "中途"
    },
    {
      "word": "中途之家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Zhōngtú Dǎo",
      "word": "中途島"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Zhōngtú Dǎo",
      "word": "中途岛"
    },
    {
      "word": "中途曝光"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhōngtú'érfèi",
      "word": "中途而廢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhōngtú'érfèi",
      "word": "中途而废"
    },
    {
      "word": "人鬼殊途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìtú",
      "word": "仕途"
    },
    {
      "word": "假途滅虢"
    },
    {
      "word": "假途灭虢"
    },
    {
      "word": "傳染途徑"
    },
    {
      "word": "传染途径"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míngtú",
      "word": "冥途"
    },
    {
      "word": "分途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiántú",
      "word": "前途"
    },
    {
      "word": "前途似錦"
    },
    {
      "word": "前途似锦"
    },
    {
      "word": "前途未卜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiántúwúliàng",
      "word": "前途無量"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiántúwúliàng",
      "word": "前途无量"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bàntú",
      "word": "半途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bàntú'érfèi",
      "word": "半途而廢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bàntú'érfèi",
      "word": "半途而废"
    },
    {
      "word": "半途自畫"
    },
    {
      "word": "半途自画"
    },
    {
      "word": "同歸殊途"
    },
    {
      "word": "同归殊途"
    },
    {
      "word": "命途"
    },
    {
      "word": "命途坎坷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mìngtúduōchuǎn",
      "word": "命途多舛"
    },
    {
      "word": "哭窮途"
    },
    {
      "word": "哭穷途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tǎntú",
      "word": "坦途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huàntú",
      "word": "宦途"
    },
    {
      "word": "幽途"
    },
    {
      "word": "幽顯異途"
    },
    {
      "word": "幽显异途"
    },
    {
      "word": "引入歧途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēngtú",
      "word": "征途"
    },
    {
      "word": "徬徨歧途"
    },
    {
      "word": "政途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǚtú",
      "word": "旅途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rìmùtúqióng",
      "word": "日暮途窮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rìmùtúqióng",
      "word": "日暮途穷"
    },
    {
      "word": "日暮途遠"
    },
    {
      "word": "日暮途远"
    },
    {
      "word": "末路窮途"
    },
    {
      "word": "末路穷途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhèngtú",
      "word": "正途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qítú",
      "word": "歧途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guītú",
      "word": "歸途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guītú",
      "word": "归途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shūtútóngguī",
      "word": "殊途同歸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shūtútóngguī",
      "word": "殊途同归"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yántú",
      "word": "沿途"
    },
    {
      "word": "淑慝殊途"
    },
    {
      "word": "溺途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yòngtú",
      "word": "用途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wèitú",
      "word": "畏途"
    },
    {
      "word": "異途同歸"
    },
    {
      "word": "异途同归"
    },
    {
      "roman": "duǎntú",
      "word": "短途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìwéiwèitú",
      "word": "視為畏途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìwéiwèitú",
      "word": "视为畏途"
    },
    {
      "word": "窮途"
    },
    {
      "word": "穷途"
    },
    {
      "word": "窮途之哭"
    },
    {
      "word": "穷途之哭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qióngtúmòlù",
      "word": "窮途末路"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qióngtúmòlù",
      "word": "穷途末路"
    },
    {
      "word": "窮途潦倒"
    },
    {
      "word": "穷途潦倒"
    },
    {
      "word": "窮途落魄"
    },
    {
      "word": "穷途落魄"
    },
    {
      "word": "絡繹於途"
    },
    {
      "word": "络绎于途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎomǎshítú",
      "word": "老馬識途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎomǎshítú",
      "word": "老马识途"
    },
    {
      "word": "航途"
    },
    {
      "word": "計窮途拙"
    },
    {
      "word": "计穷途拙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wùrùqítú",
      "word": "誤入歧途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wùrùqítú",
      "word": "误入歧途"
    },
    {
      "word": "識途老馬"
    },
    {
      "word": "识途老马"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lùtú",
      "word": "路途"
    },
    {
      "word": "迷失路途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mítú",
      "word": "迷途"
    },
    {
      "word": "迷途知反"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mítúzhīfǎn",
      "word": "迷途知返"
    },
    {
      "roman": "túzhōng",
      "word": "途中"
    },
    {
      "roman": "túrén",
      "word": "途人"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tújìng",
      "word": "途徑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tújìng",
      "word": "途径"
    },
    {
      "word": "途次"
    },
    {
      "word": "途窮日暮"
    },
    {
      "word": "途穷日暮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tújīng",
      "word": "途經"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tújīng",
      "word": "途经"
    },
    {
      "word": "道盡途窮"
    },
    {
      "word": "道尽途穷"
    },
    {
      "word": "道途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángtú",
      "word": "長途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángtú",
      "word": "长途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángtúbáshè",
      "word": "長途跋涉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángtúbáshè",
      "word": "长途跋涉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángtú diànhuà",
      "word": "長途電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángtú diànhuà",
      "word": "长途电话"
    },
    {
      "word": "險途"
    },
    {
      "word": "险途"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒutú",
      "word": "首途"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *l'aː"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'aː)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "辵//",
        "3": "辶",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "辶",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "余//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *la</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "余 (OC *la)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "辵",
        "2": "余",
        "alt1": "辶",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'aː) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 余 (OC *la)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'aː) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 余 (OC *la).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "途",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "way; path; road"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "method; way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "journey (to officialdom); career; course; path"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "officialdom",
          "officialdom"
        ],
        [
          "career",
          "career"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) journey (to officialdom); career; course; path"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thù"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "dù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tô͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tu⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶du"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "²dou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "twu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ту"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tòuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tou⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dù"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tôo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "doo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶du"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "du^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³du"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/du²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²dou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dou^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/dəu²²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "du"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Old-Chinese"
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    {
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰou̯²¹/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/du²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəu²²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*lˤa/"
    },
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