粵

冤jyun1枉wong2路lou6

jyun1 wong2 lou6yuān wang lù

English

  1. pointless trip
  2. extra distance travelled when one walks the (unnecessarily) long way
  3. not worth the trip

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 白白噉行多咗、其實唔使行嘅路

Examples

  • 真係唔好意思,帶咗你行冤枉路添。

    I'm sorry I took you the long way around.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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