English [1] [n] valley; ravine; waterway between two mountains [2] [n] hollow; pit [3] [n] dilemma; difficult situation; predicament [4] a Chinese family name Mandarin (hanyu pinyin) gǔ lù Cantonese (jyutping) guk1 juk6 luk6 Hakka (phonetic) [Bao'an] kuk7 [Dongguan] kuk7 [Hailu] kuk7 [Siyan] kuk7 [Hong Kong] kuk7 [Meixian] kuk8 [Kwangtung] kwuk7 Minnan/Taiwanese kok1 Vietnamese cốc Japanese koku yoku Korean kok yok |