樂透
See also: 乐透
Chinese
music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful |
to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce | ||
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trad. (樂透) | 樂 | 透 | |
simp. (乐透) | 乐 | 透 | |
Literally: “thoroughly joyful”. |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English lotto.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lètòu
- Wade–Giles: lê4-tʻou4
- Yale: lè-tòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehtow
- Palladius: лэтоу (lɛtou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lok6 tau3
- Yale: lohk tau
- Cantonese Pinyin: lok9 tau3
- Guangdong Romanization: log6 teo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+