碌齡

Chinese

		laborious; small stone; to record laborious; small stone; to record; to tape; to write down; to hire; to employ	age; stage of one's life
trad. (碌齡)		碌	齡
simp. (碌龄)		碌	龄
alternative forms		轆齡／辘龄

Etymology

齡 / 龄 (ling4-1) is from the second character of 保齡球 / 保龄球 (bǎolíngqiú). Alternatively, it may be directly derived from English bowling.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): luk¹ ling^4-1 / luk¹ ling^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk¹ ling^4-1 / luk¹ ling^4-2
  - Yale: lūk līng / lūk líng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁷ ling^4-1 / luk⁷ ling^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug¹ ling^4-1 / lug¹ ling^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚⁵ lɪŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /lʊk̚⁵ lɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

碌齡

(Cantonese) to play bowling

References

English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese