祿蠹

Chinese

		good fortune; official salary	bookworm; Lepisma saccharina
trad. (祿蠹)		祿	蠹
simp. (禄蠹)		禄	蠹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùdù
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-tu⁴
    • Yale: lù-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhduh
    • Palladius: луду (ludu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ dou³
    • Yale: luhk dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² tou̯³³/

Noun

祿蠹

1. (literary, derogatory) person coveting a sinecure; person who runs after position and wealth