# 入口
## Chinese
### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 入口 (iriguchi)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rùkǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jap$^6$ hau$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi̍p-héu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-kháu / ji̍p-kháu / li̍p-khió
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rùkǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rùkǒu
*** Wade–Giles: ju$^4$-kʻou$^3$
*** Yale: rù-kǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhkoou
*** Palladius: жукоу (žukou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rùkǒur
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rùkǒur
*** Wade–Giles: ju$^4$-kʻou$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: rù-kǒur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhkooul
*** Palladius: жукоур (žukour)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu⁵¹ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jap$^6$ hau$^2$
*** Yale: yahp háu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jap$^9$ hau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeb$^6$ heo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐp̚² hɐu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi̍p-héu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngib heu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngib$^6$ heu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋip̚⁵ heu̯³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-kháu
*** Tâi-lô: li̍p-kháu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: libqao
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /lip̚²⁴⁻² kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² kʰau⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-kháu
*** Tâi-lô: ji̍p-kháu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jibqao
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zip̚⁴⁻³² kʰau⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-khió
*** Tâi-lô: li̍p-khió
*** Phofsit Daibuun: libqioir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² kʰio⁵⁵⁴/

### Noun

入口
* entrance; the "in" door; access
    停車場入口／停车场入口 ― tíngchēchǎng rùkǒu ― parking entrance
* import(s)

#### Synonyms

* (entrance): 進口／进口 (jìnkǒu)

### Verb

入口
* to enter the mouth
* to import

#### Synonyms

* (to import): 進口／进口 (jìnkǒu)

### Derived terms

* 出入口 (chūrùkǒu)

### References

* ↑ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 293

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 入 | 口 |
| い(り) Grade: 1 | くち > ぐち Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 入り口 (rarer)

### Etymology

Compound of 入り (iri, “entry, going in”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, “mouth; opening”). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いりぐち [ìrígúchí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [iɾʲiɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

### Noun

入(いり)口(ぐち) • (iriguchi)
* entrance

#### Antonyms

* 出(で)口(ぐち) (deguchi): exit

#### Related terms

* 入口点
* 出入口
* 入る

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 入口 (rùkǒu)
** → Vietnamese: nhập khẩu
* → Korean: 입구 (ipgu)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
   * Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 入 | 口 |

### Noun

入口 • (ipgu) (hangeul 입구)
* hanja form of 입구 (“entrance”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 入 | 口 |

### Verb

入口
* chữ Hán form of nhập khẩu (“to import”).