路頭

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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

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

(literary or Hokkien) intersection; crossing; junction (of roads)
(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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Hokkien) start of a journey
(Taiwanese Hakka) start of a road
(Hokkien, dated) pier; wharf; dock

Synonyms

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 (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

路(ろ)頭(とう) • (rotō) ^{←ろとう (rotou)^?}

roadside

Derived terms

路頭(ろとう)に迷(まよ)う (rotō ni mayou)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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