來路

Chinese

		to come	road; path; way
trad. (來路)		來	路
simp. (来路)		来	路

Etymology

Cantonese loi4 lou6-2 "imported; foreign-made": Folk etymology suggests borrowing from English royal.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láilù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ lou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-lō͘
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶le-lu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láilù → láilu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄌㄨˋ → ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láilů
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-lu⁵
  - Yale: lái-lu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai.luh
  - Palladius: лайлу (lajlu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/ → /laɪ̯³⁵ lu³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ lou⁶
  - Yale: lòih louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ lou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lailo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ lɔ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶le-lu
  - MiniDict: le^去 lu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² lu⁴⁴/

Noun

來路

way by which one came; incoming way
(figurative) source; origin; background; past history
來路不明／来路不明 ― láilù bùmíng ― to be of unknown origin
(dated) source of income; income

Synonyms

(past history): 來歷／来历 (láilì)

Adjective

來路

(Southwestern Mandarin) selling well, delicate or skilled

Pronunciation 2

Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ lou^6-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ lou^6-2
  - Yale: lòih lóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ lou^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ lou^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ lou̯²²⁻³⁵/

Alternative forms

來佬／来佬

Adjective

來路

(Cantonese) imported; foreign-made

Derived terms

來路嘢／来路嘢
來路貨／来路货 (láilùhuò)

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