祿步

Chinese

		good fortune; official salary	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (祿步)		祿	步
simp. (禄步)		禄	步

Etymology

The first syllable 祿／禄 (lù) is possibly a Kra-Dai substrate; compare Zhuang lueg (“mountain valley”). The substate word is more often written as 六 (liù) in toponyms of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The second syllable 步 (bù) may be the same word as the homophonous 埗 (bù, “pier”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lùbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lùbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lùbù
    • Wade–Giles: Lu⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: Lù-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luhbuh
    • Palladius: Лубу (Lubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ bou⁶
    • Yale: luhk bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² pou̯²²/

Proper noun

祿步

1. (～鎮) Lubu (a town in Gaoyao district, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China)