樂透

See also: 乐透

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce
trad. (樂透)		樂	透
simp. (乐透)		乐	透
Literally: “thoroughly joyful”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English lotto.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lètòu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ tau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lètòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄊㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehtow
  - IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ tau³
  - Yale: lohk tau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ teo³
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɐu̯³³/

Noun

樂透

lotto; lottery

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