駱駝

See also: 骆驼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (駱駝)		駱	駝
simp. (骆驼)		骆	驼
alternative forms		橐駝／橐驼 馲駞／𱄽驼 馲駝／𱄽驼 駱駞／骆驼

Etymology

See 橐駝／橐驼 (tuótuó)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): luòtuo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄨㄛ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): no² to²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): луәтуә (luətuə, I-I) / луәтуә (luətuə, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lok³ to⁴ / lok⁶ to⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lok² ho³

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'loh⁶ to²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-thò

  (Meixian, Guangdong): log⁶ to²

• Jin (Wiktionary): le³ tue¹
• Northern Min (KCR): lǒ̤-dǒ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): lŏk-dò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-tô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): loh⁸ toh⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸loq-du
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lo⁶ do²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòtuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòtuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-tʻo⁵
    • Yale: lwò-two
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoh.tuo
    • Palladius: лото (loto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: no² to²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: loto
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /no²¹ tʰo²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: луәтуә (luətuə, I-I) / луәтуә (luətuə, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luə²⁴ tʰuə²⁴/, /luə⁴⁴ tʰuə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok³ to⁴ / lok⁶ to⁴
    • Yale: lok tòh / lohk tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁸ to⁴ / lok⁹ to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log³ to⁴ / log⁶ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚³ tʰɔː²¹/, /lɔːk̚² tʰɔː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lok² ho³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔk̚⁵⁵ hᵘɔ²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'loh⁶ to²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈlɔʔ⁵ tʰo²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-thò
    • Hakka Romanization System: log to^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ to²
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ tʰo¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: log⁶ to²
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔk̚⁵ tʰo¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: le³ tue¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lɤ⁴⁵ tʰuɤ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lǒ̤-dǒ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ²¹ tɔ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lŏk-dò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ouʔ⁵⁻³³ to⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-tô
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logdooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ to¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: loh⁸ toh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h tho̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʔ⁴⁻² tʰoʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸loq-du
    • MiniDict: loh^入 du
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵loq-du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loʔ¹¹ du²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lo⁶ do²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo²⁴ to¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lak da

Rime
Character	駱	駝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧各切	徒河切
Baxter	lak	da
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/da/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	to4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːɡ  l'aːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	駱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	luò
Middle Chinese	‹ lak ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁak/
English	white horse with black mane
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	駱	駝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3867	12214
Phonetic component	各	它
Rime group	鐸	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	落	駝
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːɡ/	/*l'aːl/

駱駝/骆驼

Noun

駱駝

1. camel (beast of burden) (Classifier: 匹 m; 隻／只 c mn)

Synonyms

• (figurative) 沙漠之舟 (shāmò zhī zhōu)

Derived terms

• 單峰駱駝／单峰骆驼 (dānfēng luòtuo)
• 壓倒駱駝的最後一根草／压倒骆驼的最后一根草 (yādǎo luòtuo de zuìhòu yī gēn cǎo)
• 拉駱駝／拉骆驼
• 瘦死的駱駝比馬大／瘦死的骆驼比马大 (shòu sǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà)
• 羊群裡跑出駱駝來／羊群里跑出骆驼来
• 雙峰駱駝／双峰骆驼 (shuāngfēng luòtuo)
• 駱駝絨／骆驼绒

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (駱駝):

• → Japanese: 駱(らく)駝(だ) (rakuda)
• → Korean: 락타(駱駝) (rakta), 낙타(駱駝) (nakta)
• → Vietnamese: lạc đà (駱駝)

Others:

• →? Middle Korean: 약〯대〮 (yǎktáy, “camel”)
  • Korean: 약대 (yakdae, “camel”) (archaic)
• → Zhuang: lozdoz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駱	駝
らく Hyōgai	だ Hyōgai
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 駱駝 (MC lak da).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らくだ [ràkúdá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟da̠]

Noun

駱(らく)駝(だ) or 駱駝(ラクダ) • (rakuda) 

1. a camel (beast of burden)
   • 1985, Haruki Murakami, 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド [Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World], page 12:

     ラクダを三(さん)頭(とう)と中(ちゅう)型(がた)のやしの木(き)を一(いっ)本(ぽん)入(い)れることだってできるかもしれない。

     Rakuda o santō to chūgata no yashi no ki o ippon ireru koto datte dekiru ka mo shirenai.

     You might even be able to put in a mid-size palm tree and three camels.

See also

• (camelids) ラクダ科(か) (Rakuda-ka, “Camelidae”); アルパカ (arupaka, “alpaca”), グアナコ (guanako, “guanaco”), ビクーニャ (bikūnya, “vicuna”), 駱(ラク)駝(ダ) (rakuda, “camel”) (一(ヒト)瘤(コブ)駱(ラク)駝(ダ) (hitokobu rakuda, “dromedary”), 二(フタ)瘤(コブ)駱(ラク)駝(ダ) (futakobu rakuda, “Bactrian camel”)), リャマ (ryama, “llama”) ^{(Category: ja:Camelids)}
• らくだ色

Korean

Hanja in this term
駱	駝

Noun

駱駝 • (rakta) (hangeul 락타)

1. hanja form^? of 락타 (“(North Korea) camel”)

Noun

駱駝 • (nakta) (hangeul 낙타)

1. hanja form^? of 낙타 (“(South Korea) camel”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
駱	駝

Noun

駱駝

1. chữ Hán form of lạc đà (“camelid”).