碌齡

Chinese

	to roll	phonetic
trad. (碌齡)	碌	齡
simp. (碌龄)	碌	龄
alternative forms	轆齡／辘龄碌拎碌ling 碌lane 轆ling／辘ling 轆齡／辘龄碌拎碌ling 碌lane 轆ling／辘ling 轆lane／辘lane 逯lane

Etymology

齡 / 龄 (ling^4-1) is from English bowling (Tang, 1996), either directly from English or via 保齡 / 保龄. Alternatively, it may be from English lane.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): luk¹ ling^4-1 / luk¹ ling^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk¹ ling^4-1 / luk¹ ling^4-2
  - Yale: lūk līng / lūk líng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁷ ling^4-1 / luk⁷ ling^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug¹ ling^4-1 / lug¹ ling^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚⁵ lɪŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /lʊk̚⁵ lɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

碌⫽齡 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to play bowling; to bowl
- 1995, 真情 [A Kindred Spirit]‎^[1], episode 60, spoken by 陳大勝 [Chan Tai Sing] (顏國樑 [Johnny Ngan]):
  
  晏啲我約咗阿海碌齡啊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  晏啲我约咗阿海碌龄啊。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  aan³ di¹ ngo⁵ joek³ zo² aa³ hoi² luk¹ ling^4-1 aa³. [Jyutping]
  I'm going out with Hoi to bowl later.
- 2011, 關炳洪, “是聚！是散？”, in 冼燕芳, director, 誰家灶頭無煙火 [Be Home for Dinner]‎^[2], episode 142, spoken by 鍾思翰 [Sam Chung] (陳智燊 [Jason Chan]):
  
  有啲嘢做？我聽到後便碌緊齡㗎喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  有啲嘢做？我听到后便碌紧龄㗎㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  jau⁵ di¹ je⁵ zou⁶? ngo⁵ teng¹ dou² hau⁶ bin⁶ luk¹ gan² ling^4-1 ga³ wo³. [Jyutping]
  You've got stuff to do? I hear people playing bowling in the background.
- 2021 June 21, 流浪貓, 佟秋念, “星月下的屯碼回憶碎片收集”, in 溯本尋屯 [Tuenmunality], number 3, page 7:
  
  如果講我最鍾意嘅地方，一定係同朋友去美樂碌齡，同埋去蝴蝶灣BBQ。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  如果讲我最钟意嘅地方，一定系同朋友去美乐碌龄，同埋去蝴蝶湾BBQ。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  jyu⁴ gwo² gong² ngo⁵ zeoi³ zung¹ ji³ ge³ dei⁶ fong¹, jat¹ ding⁶ hai⁶ tung⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵ heoi³ mei⁵ lok⁶ luk¹ ling^4-1, tung⁴ maai⁴ heoi³ wu⁴ dip⁶ waan¹ BBQ. [Jyutping]
  If we're talking about my favourite places, it must be going to bowl at Mei Lok [Bowling Centre, in Tuen Mun] with my friends and going to barbeque at Butterfly Beach.

References

English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese