路用

Chinese

		road; path; way	to use
simp. and trad. (路用)		路	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lùyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ jung⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lu-yung

(Hailu, HRS): lu^˖ rhung^˖
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dou⁵ oeng⁵ / dou⁵ yoeng⁵ / lou⁵ oeng⁵ / lou⁵ yoeng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-ēng / lō͘-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lùyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lùyòng
  - Wade–Giles: lu⁴-yung⁴
  - Yale: lù-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhyonq
  - Palladius: луюн (lujun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    路用
    錄用 / 录用
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁶ jung⁶
  - Yale: louh yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² jʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: lu iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: lu (r)iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lu^˖ rhung^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /lu³³ ʒuŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dou⁵ oeng⁵ [Phonetic: dou⁴ oeng⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dō-ē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔu¹¹⁻⁴² œŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dou⁵ yoeng⁵ [Phonetic: dou⁴ yoeng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔu²¹⁻⁴² yøŋ²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lou⁵ oeng⁵ [Phonetic: lou⁴ oeng⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lō-ē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔu¹¹⁻⁴² œŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lou⁵ yoeng⁵ [Phonetic: lou⁴ yoeng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔu²¹⁻⁴² yøŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-ēng
  - Tâi-lô: lōo-īng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loxeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: lōo-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loxiong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /lɔ²¹ iɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/

Noun

路用

(literary) travel expenses
(Hakka, Hokkien, Puxian Min) use; usefulness
- 卵白質，伊 ê 成分是炭素，水素，酸素，窒素，伊 ê路用是會 hō͘人 ê 身軀得著勢力，也是 hō͘細胞加添新 ê。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  卵白质，伊 ê 成分是炭素，水素，酸素，窒素，伊 ê路用是会 hō͘人 ê 身躯得着势力，也是 hō͘细胞加添新 ê。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1926, 張基全 (Tiuⁿ Ki-chôan), 酒佮健康 (Chiú kap Kiān-khong)
  Nn̄g-pe̍h-chit, i ê sêng-hun sī Thàn-sò͘, Chúi-sò͘, Sng-sò͘, Chek-sò͘, i ê lō͘-ēng sī ōe hō͘ lâng ê seng-khu tit-tio̍h sè-le̍k, iā sī hō͘ sè-pau ke-thiⁿ sin--ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Protein: its composition is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen; it is used to give energy to the human body and to regenerate cells.
- (Can we date this quote?), “留戀什路用”, 葉俊麟 (lyrics), 邱芳德 (music), performed by 陳一郎:
  
  腦海中的走馬燈　留戀什路用 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  脑海中的走马灯　留恋什路用 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  náu-hái tiong ê cháu-bé-teng, liû-loân siáⁿ lō͘-ēng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  What use is there to think with nostalgia about the horse lamp in my mind?

Derived terms

有路用 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
無路用 / 无路用 (Puxian Min, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)