徑路

Chinese

		path	road; path; way
trad. (徑路)		徑	路
simp. (径路)		径	路
anagram		路徑／路径

Etymology

Xiongnu sword

Possibly related to 輕呂／轻吕.^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnglù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ lou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìnglù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìnglù
  - Wade–Giles: ching⁴-lu⁴
  - Yale: jìng-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqluh
  - Palladius: цзинлу (czinlu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging³ lou⁶
  - Yale: ging louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging³ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ lou̯²²/

Noun

徑路

small path
road; route
(historical) a god of the Xiongnu
- 雲陽有徑路神祠，祭休屠王也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  云阳有径路神祠，祭休屠王也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Yúnyáng yǒu Jìnglù shéncí, jì Xiūtúwáng yě. [Pinyin]
  There was a temple to Jinglu in Yunyang, for the worship of the King of Xiutu.
(historical) a type of Xiongnu sword
- 刑白馬，單于以徑路刀金留犁撓酒，以老上單于所破月氏王頭為飲器者共飲血盟。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  刑白马，单于以径路刀金留犁挠酒，以老上单于所破月氏王头为饮器者共饮血盟。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Xíng báimǎ, chányú yǐ jìnglùdāo jīn liúlí náo jiǔ, yǐ Lǎoshàng chányú suǒ pò Yuèzhī wáng tóu wèi yǐn qì zhě gòng yǐn xuèméng. [Pinyin]
  A white horse was sacrificed, and the chanyu used a jinglu-sword and a golden liuli-spoon to mix [the horse blood into] the wine. The skull of the Yuezhi king who had been slain by Laoshang chanyu was used as a drinking vessel, and they drank [the mixture] from it together to seal a blood oath.

References

^ Schuessler, Axel. "Phonological Notes on Hàn Period Transcriptions of Foreign Names and Words" in Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics 53.