# 迷路
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mílù
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): милў (milw, I-III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^4$ lou$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-lu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bê-lō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mi$^5$ lou$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$mi-lu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mílù
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mílù
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$-lu$^4$
*** Yale: mí-lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miluh
*** Palladius: милу (milu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵ lu⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$迷路 麋鹿
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: милў (milw, I-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²⁴ lu⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^4$ lou$^6$
*** Yale: màih louh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^4$ lou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^4$ lou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯²¹ lou̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-lu
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˇ$ lu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^2$ lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ lu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê-lō͘
*** Tâi-lô: bê-lōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: belo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /be²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /be²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /be²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /be²³⁻³³ lɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mi$^5$ lou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî lōu
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lou¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mi-lu
*** MiniDict: mi$^去$ lu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$mi-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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /miei/ | /luo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mí | lù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mai$^4$ | lou$^6$ |

### Verb

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

#### Synonyms

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

### 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 –)
* IPA: [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

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
   * 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”)