徑路

Chinese

		path	road; path; way
trad. (徑路)		徑	路
simp. (径路)		径	路
anagram		路徑／路径

Etymology

Xiongnu sword

Possibly related to 輕呂／轻吕.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnglù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnglù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnglù
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: jìng-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqluh
    • Palladius: цзинлу (czinlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³ lou⁶
    • Yale: ging louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ lou̯²²/

Noun

徑路

1. small path
2. road; route
3. (historical) a god of the Xiongnu

   雲陽有徑路神祠，祭休屠王也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   云阳有径路神祠，祭休屠王也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

   Yúnyáng yǒu Jìnglù shéncí, jì Xiūtúwáng yě. [Pinyin]

   There was a temple to Jinglu in Yunyang, for the worship of the King of Xiutu.

4. (historical) a type of Xiongnu sword

   刑白馬，單于以徑路刀金留犁撓酒，以老上單于所破月氏王頭為飲器者共飲血盟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   刑白马，单于以径路刀金留犁挠酒，以老上单于所破月氏王头为饮器者共饮血盟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

   Xíng báimǎ, chányú yǐ jìnglùdāo jīn liúlí náo jiǔ, yǐ Lǎoshàng chányú suǒ pò Yuèzhī wáng tóu wèi yǐn qì zhě gòng yǐn xuèméng. [Pinyin]

   A white horse was sacrificed, and the chanyu used a jinglu-sword and a golden liuli-spoon to mix [the horse blood into] the wine. The skull of the Yuezhi king who had been slain by Laoshang chanyu was used as a drinking vessel, and they drank [the mixture] from it together to seal a blood oath.