樂透

See also: 乐透

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce
trad. (樂透)		樂	透
simp. (乐透)		乐	透
Literally: “thoroughly joyful”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English lotto.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lètòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ tau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lètòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lètòu
    • Wade–Giles: lê⁴-tʻou⁴
    • Yale: lè-tòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehtow
    • Palladius: лэтоу (lɛtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ tau³
    • Yale: lohk tau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ teo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɐu̯³³/

Noun

樂透

1. lotto; lottery

   中樂透／中乐透  ―  zhòng lètòu  ―  the win a lottery