路口

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Chinese

		road; path; way	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (路口)		路	口

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lùkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ hau²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lu-héu / lu-khéu

(Hailu, HRS): lu^˖ heu^ˊ / lu^˖ kieu^ˊ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lou⁵ kao³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-kháu

(Teochew, Peng'im): lou⁷ kao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lùkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lùkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: lu⁴-kʻou³
  - Yale: lù-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhkoou
  - Palladius: лукоу (lukou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    路口
    祿口 / 禄口
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lùkǒur
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lùkǒur
  - Wade–Giles: lu⁴-kʻou³-ʼrh
  - Yale: lù-kǒur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhkooul
  - Palladius: лукоур (lukour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁶ hau²
  - Yale: louh háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-héu / lu-khéu
  - Hakka Romanization System: lu heu^ˋ / lu keu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴ heu³ / lu⁴ keu³
  - Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ heu̯³¹/, /lu⁵⁵ kʰeu̯³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lu^˖ heu^ˊ / lu^˖ kieu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /lu³³ heu²⁴/, /lu³³ kʰieu²⁴/

Note:

Sixian:
- lu-héu - vernacular;
- lu-khéu - literary.
Hailu:
- lu˖ heuˊ - vernacular;
- lu˖ kieuˊ - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lou⁵ kao³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lō-kâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔu¹¹ ^(kʰ-)au⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lou⁵ kao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔu²¹ ^(kʰ-)au³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: lōo-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loxqao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹⁻²² kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ kʰau⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lou⁷ kao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lōu kháu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou¹¹ kʰau⁵²/

Noun

路口

intersection; crossing; junction (of roads)
鐵道路口／铁道路口 ― tiědào lùkǒu ― railway crossing

Synonyms

(Puxian Min) 墿喙／𰉣喙

Derived terms

丁字路口 (dīngzì lùkǒu)
三叉路口 (sānchā lùkǒu)
三岔路口 (sānchà lùkǒu)
交岔路口
十字路口 (shízìlùkǒu)

Proper noun

路口

(～鎮) Lukou (a town in Huangzhou district, Huanggang, Hubei, China)

Further reading

“路口”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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