厚祿

厚祿

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	good fortune; official salary
trad. (厚祿)		厚	祿
simp. (厚禄)		厚	禄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòulù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ luk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hòulù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howluh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòulù
    • Wade–Giles: hou4-lu4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ luk⁶
    • Yale: háuh luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ lʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦəu^X|ɦəu^H  luk̚/

Rime
Character	厚	厚	祿
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	胡口切	胡遘切	盧谷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/	/luk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/	/luk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/	/luk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwX/	/ɦəwH/	/ləwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuX/	/ɣuH/	/luk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/	/luk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯uX/	/ɣə̯uH/	/luk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòu	hòu	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau6	hau6	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.[ɡ]ˤ(r)oʔ  [r]ˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːʔ|ɡoːs  roːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	厚	祿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hòu	lù
Middle Chinese	‹ huwX ›	‹ luwk ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.[ɡ]ˁ(r)oʔ/	/*[r]ˁok/
English	thick	blessing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	厚	厚	祿
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	5176	5177	8541
Phonetic component	厚	厚	录
Rime group	侯	侯	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	厚	𠋫	禄
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːʔ/	/*ɡoːs/	/*roːɡ/

Noun

厚祿

1. (literary) huge salary of an official

Derived terms

厚祿高官／厚禄高官 大難不死，必有厚祿／大难不死，必有厚禄 尊官厚祿／尊官厚禄

高位厚祿／高位厚禄 (gāowèihòulù) 高官厚祿／高官厚禄 (gāoguānhòulù) 高爵厚祿／高爵厚禄