娛樂

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See also: 娯楽 and 娱乐

Chinese

amuse
music; happy; laugh
music; happy; laugh; cheerful
 
trad. (娛樂)
simp. (娱乐)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 3/3
Initial () (31) (31) (37)
Final () (24) (23) (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open
Division () III I I
Fanqie
Baxter ngju nguH lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨo/ /ŋuoH/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋio/ /ŋuoH/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋio/ /ŋoH/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuə̆/ /ŋɔH/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋio/ /ŋoH/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭu/ /ŋuH/ /lɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯u/ /ŋuoH/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu4 ng6 lok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngju › ‹ lak ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋʷ(r)a/ /*ˁawk/
English rejoice joy; enjoy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/3
No. 13101 13104 7673
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋʷaːs/ /*ŋʷa/ /*raːwɢ/

Noun

娛樂

  1. entertainment; recreation; amusement
    娛樂設施娱乐设施  ―  yúlè shèshī  ―  entertainment facilities
  2. related to gambling (regional usage in Macao)

Verb

娛樂

  1. to entertain
  2. to amuse oneself; to have fun

Synonyms

  • (to amuse oneself):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (娛樂):
  • Japanese: ()(らく) (goraku)
  • Korean: 오락(娛樂) (orak)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
らく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

()(らく) (goraku

  1. Kyūjitai form of 娯楽: entertainment

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

娛樂 (orak) (hangeul 오락)

  1. hanja form? of 오락 (entertainment)