路口

Chinese

		road; path; way	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (路口)		路	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ hau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lu-héu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-kháu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lou⁷ kao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: lù-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhkoou
    • Palladius: лукоу (lukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùkǒur
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùkǒur
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-kʻou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: lù-kǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhkooul
    • Palladius: лукоур (lukour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ hau²
    • Yale: louh háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-héu
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu heu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴ heu³
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ heu̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: lōo-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxqao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹⁻²² kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ kʰau⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lou⁷ kao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lōu kháu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou¹¹ kʰau⁵²/

Noun

路口

1. intersection; crossing; junction (of roads)

   鐵道路口／铁道路口  ―  tiědào lùkǒu  ―  railway crossing

Derived terms

• 丁字路口 (dīngzì lùkǒu)
• 三岔路口
• 交岔路口
• 十字路口 (shízìlùkǒu)

 

Proper noun

路口

1. (～鎮) Lukou (a town in Huangzhou district, Huanggang, Hubei, China)

Further reading

• “Entry #52830”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.