祿步
Chinese
good fortune; official salary | a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process | ||
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trad. (祿步) | 祿 | 步 | |
simp. (禄步) | 禄 | 步 |
Etymology
The first syllable 祿/禄 (lù) is possibly a Kra-Dai substrate; compare Zhuang lueg (“mountain valley”). The substate word is more often written as 六 (liù) in toponyms of Guangdong and Guangxi.
The second syllable 步 (bù) may be the same word as the homophonous 埗 (bù, “pier”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
祿步
- (~鎮) Lubu (a town in Gaoyao district, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China)