來路

Chinese

		to come	road; path; way
trad. (來路)		來	路
simp. (来路)		来	路

Etymology

Cantonese loi4 lou6-2 "imported; foreign-made"

Folk etymology suggests borrowing from English royal.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láilù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ lou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-lō͘
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-lu₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láilù → láilu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ → ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láilů
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-lu⁵
    • Yale: lái-lu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai.luh
    • Palladius: лайлу (lajlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/ → /laɪ̯³⁵ lu³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ lou⁶
    • Yale: lòih louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ lou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lailo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ lɔ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-lu₆
    • MiniDict: le^去 lu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-lu₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² lu⁴⁴/

Noun

來路

1. way by which one came; incoming way
2. (figurative) source; origin; background; past history

   來路不明／来路不明  ―  láilù bùmíng  ―  to be of unknown origin

3. (dated) source of income; income

Synonyms

• (past history): 來歷／来历 (láilì)

Adjective

來路

1. (Southwestern Mandarin) selling well, delicate or skilled

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ lou^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ lou^6-2
    • Yale: lòih lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ lou^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ lou^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ lou̯²²⁻³⁵/

Alternative forms

• 來佬／来佬

Adjective

來路

1. (Cantonese) imported; foreign-made

Derived terms

• 來路嘢／来路嘢
• 來路貨／来路货 (láilùhuò)