俘虜

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See also: 俘虏

Chinese

		prisoner of war	take captive
trad. (俘虜)		俘	虜
simp. (俘虏)		俘	虏

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúlǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ lou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hû-ló͘ / hu-ló͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúlǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúlǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-lu³
  - Yale: fú-lǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuluu
  - Palladius: фулу (fulu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ lou⁵
  - Yale: fū lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-ló͘
  - Tâi-lô: hû-lóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hulor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu¹³⁻²² lɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-ló͘
  - Tâi-lô: hu-lóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hulor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁵³/

Verb

俘虜

to capture the enemy; to take captive

Synonyms

俘獲 / 俘获 (fúhuò)
囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
抓 (zhuā)
抓獲 / 抓获 (zhuāhuò)
拘捕 (jūbǔ)
拿獲 / 拿获 (náhuò)
捉 (zhuō)
捉拿 (zhuōná)
捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
捕獲 / 捕获 (bǔhuò)
搜捕 (sōubǔ)
搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
擒拿 (qínná)
擒獲 / 擒获 (qínhuò)
攝 / 摄 (literary, or in compounds)
查獲 / 查获 (cháhuò)
緝拿 / 缉拿 (jīná)
緝捕 / 缉捕 (jībǔ)
緝獲 / 缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
訪拿 / 访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
訪緝 / 访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
跴緝 / 跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
踩緝 / 踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
追拿 (zhuīná)
追捕 (zhuībǔ)
追擊 / 追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
追緝 / 追缉 (zhuījī)
逮捕

Noun

俘虜

captive; prisoner of war

Synonyms

(literary) 囚俘 (qiúfú)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 俘虜 – see 葫蘆 (“(Cantonese) full house”). (This term is a variant form of 葫蘆).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俘	虜
ふ Hyōgai	りょ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
俘虜 (kyūjitai)

Noun

俘(ふ)虜(りょ) • (furyo)

captive, prisoner of war
- 1938, 海野十三, 怪塔王:
  帝国軍人(ていこくぐんじん)が俘虜(ふりょ)になるとは、この上(うえ)もない不名誉(ふめいよ)だ。
  Teikoku gunjin ga furyo ni naru to wa, kono ue mo nai fumeiyo da.
  There is no greater dishonor for the imperial soldier than to become a prisoner of war.

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