路頭

Chinese

		road; path; way	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (路頭)		路	頭
simp. (路头)		路	头
anagram		頭路／头路

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lu-thèu

  (Hailu, HRS): lu^˖ teu

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùtóu
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: lù-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhtour
    • Palladius: лутоу (lutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu^˖ teu
    • Sinological IPA: /lu³³ tʰeu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: lōo-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxtaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

Noun

路頭

1. (literary or Hokkien) intersection; crossing; junction (of roads)
2. (literary or Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) travel distance

   • 行不到五里路頭，只見柴大官人騎著馬，背後牽著兩匹空馬，來接宋江。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     行不到五里路头，只见柴大官人骑着马，背后牵着两匹空马，来接宋江。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Xíng bù dào wǔ lǐ lùtóu, zhǐ jiàn Chái dàguānrén qí zhe mǎ, bèihòu qiān zhe liǎng pǐ kōng mǎ, lái jiē Sòng Jiāng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (Hokkien) start of a journey
4. (Taiwanese Hakka) start of a road
5. (Hokkien, dated) pier; wharf; dock

Synonyms

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• 埠
• 埠頭 / 埠头
• 步頭 / 步头 (bùtóu)
• 港埠 (gǎngbù)
• 碼頭 / 码头
• 船埠 (chuánbù)
• 輪埠 / 轮埠 (lúnbù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
路	頭
ろ Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ろとー [ròtóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞to̞ː]

Noun

路(ろ)頭(とう) • (rotō) ^{←ろとう (rotou)?}

1. roadside

Derived terms

• 路頭(ろとう)に迷(まよ)う (rotō ni mayou)