迷路

Chinese

		bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	road; path; way
trad. (迷路)		迷	路
simp. ^#(迷路)		迷	路

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mílù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): милў (milw, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴ lou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-lu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bê-lō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁵ lou⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-lu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mílù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mílù
  - Wade–Giles: mi²-lu⁴
  - Yale: mí-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miluh
  - Palladius: милу (milu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ lu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    迷路
    麋鹿
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: милў (milw, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²⁴ lu⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁴ lou⁶
  - Yale: màih louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹ lou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-lu
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˇ lu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi² lu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: bê-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: belo
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /be²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /be²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /be²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /be²³⁻³³ lɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mi⁵ lou⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî lōu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lou¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mi-lu
  - MiniDict: mi^去 lu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² lu⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: mej luH

Rime
Character	迷	路
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	莫兮切	洛故切
Baxter	mej	luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mei/	/luo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mei/	/luo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛi/	/lo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛj/	/lɔ^H/
Li Rong	/mei/	/lo^H/
Wang Li	/miei/	/lu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miei/	/luo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai⁴	lou⁶

Verb

迷路

(literal) to lose one's way; to get lost
(figurative) to go astray

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 迷路 (“to lose one's way; to get lost”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		迷路, 迷途, 失路
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	迷路
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	迷路
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	迷路
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	迷路
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蕩失路, 失路
	Hong Kong	蕩失路
	Taishan	蕩失路
	Dongguan	蕩失路
Hakka	Meixian	蕩路
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	撞走
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	撞走
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	撞走
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	撞走, 岔走, 尋無路
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	撞走
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	傱走, 幌路
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拍逿墿
Southern Min	Xiamen	迷路
	Quanzhou	迷路
	Zhangzhou	迷路
	Penang (Hokkien)	揣無路
	Manila (Hokkien)	揣無路
	Shantou	迷路
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	失路
Wu	Wenzhou	走賺戶

Noun

迷路

(anatomy) labyrinth

Derived terms

內耳迷路 / 内耳迷路
前庭迷路
迷路炎 (mílùyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迷	路
めい Grade: 5	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 迷路 (*mei *lò, literally “to go astray + road, way”). Compare modern Chinese 迷路 (mílù, “to get lost”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーろ [méꜜèrò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːɾo̞]

Noun

迷(めい)路(ろ) • (meiro)

maze, labyrinth
the inner ear, specifically that portion of the inner ear aside from the cochlea

Verb

迷(めい)路(ろ)する • (meiro suru) suru (stem 迷(めい)路(ろ)し (meiro shi), past 迷(めい)路(ろ)した (meiro shita))

(obsolete) to become lost, to lose one's way

Conjugation

Conjugation of "迷路する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	迷路し	めいろし	meiro shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	迷路し	めいろし	meiro shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	迷路する	めいろする	meiro suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	迷路する	めいろする	meiro suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	迷路すれ	めいろすれ	meiro sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	迷路せよ¹ 迷路しろ²	めいろせよ¹ めいろしろ²	meiro seyo¹ meiro shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	迷路される	めいろされる	meiro sareru
Causative	迷路させる迷路さす	めいろさせるめいろさす	meiro saseru meiro sasu
Potential	迷路できる	めいろできる	meiro dekiru
Volitional	迷路しよう	めいろしよう	meiro shiyō
Negative	迷路しない	めいろしない	meiro shinai
Negative continuative	迷路せず	めいろせず	meiro sezu
Formal	迷路します	めいろします	meiro shimasu
Perfective	迷路した	めいろした	meiro shita
Conjunctive	迷路して	めいろして	meiro shite
Hypothetical conditional	迷路すれば	めいろすれば	meiro sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“迷路”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
迷	路

Noun

迷路 • (miro) (hangeul 미로)

hanja form^? of 미로 (“labyrinth, maze”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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