六合

Chinese

		six	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad. (六合)		六	合

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liùhé, lùhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ hap⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liug⁵ hab⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-ha̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lag⁸ hah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liòuhé
    • Wade–Giles: liu⁴-ho²
    • Yale: lyòu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowher
    • Palladius: люхэ (ljuxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùhé
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-ho²
    • Yale: lù-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhher
    • Palladius: лухэ (luxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ hap⁶
    • Yale: luhk hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² hɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liug⁵ hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /liʊk̚¹ hap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k-ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioghap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻² hap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lag⁸ hah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la̍k ha̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lak̚⁴⁻² haʔ⁴/

Noun

六合

1. the six directions – east, west, north, south, up and down
2. the whole country

Derived terms

• 六合彩 (Liùhécǎi)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lùhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lùhé
    • Wade–Giles: Lu⁴-ho²
    • Yale: Lù-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luhher
    • Palladius: Лухэ (Luxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

Proper noun

六合

1. (～區) Luhe (a district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
六	合
りく Grade: 1	ごう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

六 (riku, “six”) + 合 (gō, “combined”): referring to the six directions north, south, east, west, up, and down.

Noun

六(りく)合(ごう) • (rikugō) ^{←りくがふ (rikugafu)?}

1. The world; the cosmos; everything.