上路

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (上路)		上	路
anagram		路上

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shànglù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ lou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiǔⁿ-lō͘ / chiūⁿ-lō͘ / chiōⁿ-lō͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zaon-lu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shànglù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shànglù
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-lu⁴
  - Yale: shàng-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqluh
  - Palladius: шанлу (šanlu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    上路
    上陸／上陆
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ lou⁶
  - Yale: séuhng louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ lou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-lōo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² lɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxlo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixlo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zaon-lu
  - MiniDict: zaon^去 lu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan-lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²² lu⁴⁴/

Note: 3zaan lu - only adjective sense.

Verb

上路

to start a journey; to set off
(figuratively) to learn the fundamentals
(euphemistic) to die

Synonyms

(to start a journey):

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出發／出发 (chūfā)
動身／动身 (dòngshēn)
成行 (chéngxíng) (formal)
啟程／启程 (qǐchéng)
起程 (qǐchéng)
起身 (qǐshēn)

(to learn the fundamentals): 入門／入门 (rùmén)
(to die):

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下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
不祿／不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
亡
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
傾世／倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
傾亡／倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
去世 (qùshì)
合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
喪亡／丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
壽終正寢／寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
失氣／失气 (shīqì) (literary)
安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
小喇叭兒吹了／小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
就義／就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
彈老三／弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
掛／挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
故 (gù)
故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
斃命／毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
歸西／归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
歸道山／归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
死人 (sǐrén)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
死翹翹／死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
死脫／死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
殞／殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
氣絕／气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
沒世／没世 (mòshì) (literary)
沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
狗帶／狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
畢命／毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
百年歸老／百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
蒙主寵召／蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
被難／被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
見背／见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
見馬克思／见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
謝世／谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
賓天／宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
辭塵／辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
逝世 (shìshì)
進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
過世／过世 (guòshì)
過去／过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
過往／过往 (Hokkien, euphemistic, Teochew, euphemistic)
過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
過面／过面 (Hokkien)
長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
閉眼／闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
隕落／陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
駕崩／驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
駕鶴西遊／驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
龍馭上賓／龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

Adjective

上路

(slang) well-behaved; good