貨賂

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See also: 货赂

Chinese

		goods; money; commodity	bribe; bribery
trad. (貨賂)		貨	賂
simp. (货赂)		货	赂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huòlù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huòlù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huòlù
  - Wade–Giles: huo⁴-lu⁴
  - Yale: hwò-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohluh
  - Palladius: холу (xolu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: xwaH luH

Rime
Character	貨	賂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼臥切	洛故切
Baxter	xwaH	luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑ^H/	/luo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/huɑ^H/	/luo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑ^H/	/lo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwa^H/	/lɔ^H/
Li Rong	/xuɑ^H/	/lo^H/
Wang Li	/xuɑ^H/	/lu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xuɑ^H/	/luo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huò	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo³	lou⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˁaj-s ˤak-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*hŋʷaːls ɡ·raːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貨	賂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huò	lù
Middle Chinese	‹ xwa^H ›	‹ lu^H ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰˁaj-s/	/*ˁak-s/
English	(movable) property, goods	wealth; present (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貨	賂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5325	3858
Phonetic component	化	各
Rime group	歌	暮
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	貨	路
Old Chinese	/*hŋʷaːls/	/*ɡ·raːɡs/

Noun

貨賂

(archaic) one's property
(archaic) bribe

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貨	賂
か Grade: 4	ろ Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 貨賂 (huòlù).

Noun

貨(か)賂(ろ) • (karo) ^{←くわろ (kwaro)^?}

(archaic) gifts of money, jewelry, etc, especially giving money to someone for the purpose to make a profit; bribe
Synonym: 賄賂 (wairo)

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