駱駝

See also: 骆驼

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (駱駝)	駱	駝
simp. (骆驼)	骆	驼
alternative forms	橐駝／橐驼橐它橐他橐駞／橐驼橐佗橐駝／橐驼橐它橐他橐駞／橐驼橐佗馲駞／𱄽驼馲駝／𱄽驼駱駞／骆驼

Etymology

See 橐駝／橐驼 (tuótuó)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): luòtuo
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄨㄛ
(Chengdu, SP): no² to²
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): луәтуә (luətuə, I-I) / луәтуә (luətuə, III-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): lok³ to⁴, lok⁶ to⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): lok² ho³
Gan (Wiktionary): 'loh⁶ to²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-thò
(Meixian, Guangdong): log⁶ to²
Jin (Wiktionary): le³ tue¹
Min Bei (KCR): lǒ̤-dǒ̤
Min Dong (BUC): lŏk-dò̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-tô
(Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸ toh⁸
Wu (Wiktionary): loq du (T5)
Xiang (Wiktionary): lo⁶ do²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luòtuo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄊㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luòtuo̊
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴-tʻo⁵
  - Yale: lwò-two
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoh.tuo
  - Palladius: лото (loto)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ⁵¹ tʰwɔ¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: no² to²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: loto
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /no²¹ tʰo²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: луәтуә (luətuə, I-I) / луәтуә (luətuə, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /luə²⁴ tʰuə²⁴/, /luə⁴⁴ tʰuə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok³ to⁴, lok⁶ to⁴
  - Yale: lok tòh, lohk tòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁸ to⁴, lok⁹ to⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: log³ to⁴, log⁶ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚³ tʰɔː²¹/, /lɔːk̚² tʰɔː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lok² ho³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔk̚⁵⁵ hᵘɔ²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'loh⁶ to²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈlɔʔ⁵ tʰo²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-thò
  - Hakka Romanization System: log toˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ to²
  - Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ tʰo¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: log⁶ to²
  - Sinological IPA: /lɔk̚⁵ tʰo¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: le³ tue¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /lɤ⁴⁵ tʰxuɤ¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lǒ̤-dǒ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ²¹ tɔ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lŏk-dò̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ouʔ⁵⁻³³ to⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-tô
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: logdooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² to²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ to¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² to²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tɤ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: log⁸ toh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k tho̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴⁻² tʰoʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: loq du (T5)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊʔ¹¹ d̥v̩ʷ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lo⁶ do²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo²⁴ to¹³/

Middle Chinese: /lɑk̚ dɑ/

Rime
Character	駱	駝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	唐 (103)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧各切	徒河切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/da/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/dɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/dʱɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	tuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok⁶	to⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːɡ l'aːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	駱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	luò
Middle Chinese	‹ lak ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁak/
English	white horse with black mane
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	駱	駝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3867	12214
Phonetic component	各	它
Rime group	鐸	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	落	駝
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːɡ/	/*l'aːl/

駱駝/骆驼

Noun

駱駝

camel (beast of burden) (Classifier: 匹)

Synonyms

(figurative) 沙漠之舟 (shāmò zhī zhōu)

Derived terms

單峰駱駝／单峰骆驼 (dānfēng luòtuo)
壓倒駱駝的最後一根草／压倒骆驼的最后一根草 (yādǎo luòtuo de zuìhòu yī gēn cǎo)
拉駱駝／拉骆驼
瘦死的駱駝比馬大／瘦死的骆驼比马大 (shòu sǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà)

羊群裡跑出駱駝來／羊群里跑出骆驼来
雙峰駱駝／双峰骆驼 (shuāngfēng luòtuo)
駱駝絨／骆驼绒

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (駱駝):

→ Japanese: 駱(らく)駝(だ) (rakuda)
→ Korean: 락타(駱駝) (rakta), 낙타(駱駝) (nakta)
→ Vietnamese: lạc đà (駱駝)

Others:

→? Middle Korean: 약〯대〮 (yǎktáy, “camel”)
- Korean: 약대 (yakdae, “camel”) (archaic)
→ Zhuang: lozdoz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駱	駝
らく Hyōgaiji	だ Hyōgaiji
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 駱駝 (MC lɑk̚ dɑ).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) らくだ [ràkúdá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝda̠]

Noun

駱(らく)駝(だ) • (rakuda)

a camel (beast of burden)
- 1985, Murakami, Haruki, 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド [Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World], page 12:
  ラクダを三(さん)頭(とう)と中(ちゅう)型(がた)のやしの木(き)を一(いっ)本(ぽん)入(い)れることだってできるかもしれない。
  Rakuda o santō to chūgata no yashi no ki o ippon ireru koto datte dekiru ka mo shirenai.
  You might even be able to put in a mid-size palm tree and three camels.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
駱	駝

Noun

駱駝 • (rakta) (hangeul 락타)

Hanja form^? of 락타 (“(North Korea) camel”).

Noun

駱駝 • (nakta) (hangeul 낙타)

Hanja form^? of 낙타 (“(South Korea) camel”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
駱	駝

Noun

駱駝

chữ Hán form of lạc đà (“camelid”).

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN