# 路用
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lùyòng
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^6$ jung$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lu-yung
    (Hailu, HRS): lu$^˖$ rhung$^˖$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dou$^5$ oeng$^5$ / dou$^5$ yeng$^5$ / lou$^5$ oeng$^5$ / lou$^5$ yeng$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-ēng / lō͘-iōng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lùyòng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lùyòng
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^4$-yung$^4$
*** Yale: lù-yùng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhyonq
*** Palladius: луюн (lujun)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$路用 錄用 / 录用
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^6$ jung$^6$
*** Yale: louh yuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^6$ jung$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^6$ yung$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²² jʊŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-yung
*** Hakka Romanization System: lu iung
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lu$^4$ yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-yung
*** Hakka Romanization System: lu (r)iung
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lu$^4$ yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lu$^˖$ rhung$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu³³ ʒuŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dou$^5$ oeng$^5$ [Phonetic: dou$^4$ oeng$^5$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dō-ē̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔu²¹⁻⁴² œŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dou$^5$ yeng$^5$ [Phonetic: dou$^4$ yeng$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔu²¹⁻⁴² yøŋ²¹/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lou$^5$ oeng$^5$ [Phonetic: lou$^4$ oeng$^5$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lō-ē̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔu²¹⁻⁴² œŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lou$^5$ yeng$^5$ [Phonetic: lou$^4$ yeng$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔu²¹⁻⁴² yøŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-ēng
*** Tâi-lô: lōo-īng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loxeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-iōng
*** Tâi-lô: lōo-iōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loxiong
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Penang): /lɔ²¹ iɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/

### Noun

路用
* (literary) travel expenses
* (Hakka, Hokkien, Puxian Min) use; usefulness
    From: 1926, 張基全 (Tiuⁿ Ki-chôan), 酒佮健康 (Chiú kap Kiān-khong)
    Nn̄g-pe̍h-chit, i ê sêng-hun sī Thàn-sò͘, Chúi-sò͘, Sng-sò͘, Chek-sò͘, i ê lō͘-ēng sī ōe hō͘ lâng ê seng-khu tit-tio̍h sè-le̍k, iā sī hō͘ sè-pau ke-thiⁿ sin--ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Protein: its composition is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen; it is used to give energy to the human body and to regenerate cells.
    From: 葉俊麟 (lyrics), 邱芳德 (music), 留戀什路用, performed by 陳一郎
    náu-hái tiong ê cháu-bé-teng, liû-loân siáⁿ lō͘-ēng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    What use is there to think with nostalgia about the horse lamp in my mind?

#### Derived terms

* 有路用 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
* 無路用 / 无路用 (Puxian Min, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew)