轆轤首

See also: 辘轳首

Chinese

		well pulley; windlass; winch	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (轆轤首)		轆轤	首
simp. (辘轳首)		辘轳	首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lùlúshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk¹ lou⁴ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lùlúshǒu → lùlushǒu (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄡˇ → ㄌㄨˋ ˙ㄌㄨㄕㄡˇ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lùlůshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: lu⁴-lu⁵-shou³
  - Yale: lù-lu-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh.lushoou
  - Palladius: лулушоу (lulušou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ lu³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /lu⁵¹ lu¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk¹ lou⁴ sau²
  - Yale: lūk lòuh sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁷ lou⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug¹ lou⁴ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚⁵ lou̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

轆轤首

(Japanese mythology) rokurokubi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
轆	轤	首
ろく Hyōgai	ろ Hyōgai	くび Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 轆轤 (rokuro, “lathe”) +‎ 首 (kubi, “neck”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾo̞kɯ̟ɾo̞kɯ̟bʲi]

Noun

轆(ろく)轤(ろ)首(くび) • (rokurokubi)

rokurokubi; an imaginary creature with a long neck that can stretch or shrink at will