轆轤首

See also: 辘轳首

Chinese

		well pulley; windlass; winch	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (轆轤首)		轆轤	首
simp. (辘轳首)		辘轳	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùlúshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk¹ lou⁴ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùlúshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùlúshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-lu²-shou³
    • Yale: lù-lú-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhlushoou
    • Palladius: лулушоу (lulušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ lu³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk¹ lou⁴ sau²
    • Yale: lūk lòuh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁷ lou⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug¹ lou⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚⁵ lou̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

轆轤首

1. (Japanese mythology) rokurokubi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
轆	轤	首
ろく Hyōgaiji	ろ Hyōgaiji	くび Grade: 2
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 轆轤 (rokuro, “lathe”) +‎ 首 (kubi, “neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rokurokubi]

Noun

轆(ろく)轤(ろ)首(くび) • (rokurokubi) 

1. rokurokubi, an imaginary creature with a long neck that can stretch or shrink at will