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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Diminutive of Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa, .... From given names with the first syllable of "lu", "lou", thence reduplicated.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)
- A female given name
1860, Minnie S. Davis, “The Rival School-Mates”, in The Ladies' Repository, volumes 28-29, A. Tompkins, page 500:"Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?"
1920, Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett:There emerged from the fringe of things, where she perpetually hovered, Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lulu Bett, who was "making her home with us." And that was precisely the case. They were not making her a home, goodness knows. Lulu was the family beast of burden.
- A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, or Lucille
Usage notes
- Fairly popular as a formal given name in the latter half of the 19th century.
Related terms
Etymology 2
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Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露, 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)
- A female given name from Chinese (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
See also
Etymology 3
From Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ, literally “pearl”)
Proper noun
Lulu (plural Lulus)
- A unisex given name from Arabic
- A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl
See also
Chinese
Etymology
From English Lulu, name of a character appearing in a TVB drama 《兄兄我我》 (1992).
Pronunciation
Noun
Lulu
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, dated) female idiot
你咪當我Lulu喎! [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
你咪当我Lulu㖞! [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]- nei5 mai5 dong3 ngo5 lu1 lu4 wo3!
- Don't treat me as an idiot!
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
傻子 (“fool; idiot”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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傻子, 傻瓜
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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傻狗兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative
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Taiwan
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傻子, 傻瓜, 凱子
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Harbin
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傻子, 傻狍子, 傻錛兒錛兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative
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Jinan
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傻瓜, 傻子, 呆子
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Luoyang
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傻瓜, 傻屌, 傻膀
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Yinchuan
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傻子
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Chengdu
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哈巴兒, 哈娃兒, 嘻瓜娃兒, 吞兒寶
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Guilin
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哈崽, 哈卵 vulgar
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Liuzhou
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傻崽, 哈崽
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Luzhai
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傻崽, 哈崽, 憨崽
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Nanning (Wuming)
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痴崽, 癲崽
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Xuzhou
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傻子
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Nanjing
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傻子
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Singapore
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傻瓜
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Dagudi (Maliba)
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楞人
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Reshuitang (Longling)
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傻瓜, 憨包
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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傻瓜, 笨蛋, 憨包, 包人
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Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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傻瓜, 憨人
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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傻瓜, 阿傻, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 戇居仔 boy
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Hong Kong
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傻瓜, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 傻妹 girl, 死蠢, kai子 dated slang, Lulu female, dated slang, Robert male, dated slang
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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懵佬
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Macau
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傻佬
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
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Foshan
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傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
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Foshan (Shunde)
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傻佬, 傻仔
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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傻仔, 蠢仔
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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傻仔
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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傻仔
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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傻佬
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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傻仔, 傻佬
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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傻仔, 傻佬
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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傻佬
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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傻佬
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Taishan
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吽仔
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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吽仔
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Enping (Niujiang)
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傻仔
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Heshan (Yayao)
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傻仔
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Dongguan
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傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy, 懵女 girl
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
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Beihai
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傻瓜
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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傻仔, 傻佬
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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傻佬, 傻婆, 廢佬
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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傻仔, 傻佬
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Penang (Guangfu)
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傻仔
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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傻仔
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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傻佬
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Móng Cái
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傻仔, 傻佬
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Gan
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Nanchang
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蟬頭
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Hakka
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Meixian
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傻瓜, 戇牯, 傻貨, 傻仔
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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傻佬
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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傻子, 傻屄 pejorative
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Xinzhou
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傻瓜子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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賴仔, 賴撇仔
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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戇儂, 歁囝
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Taipei
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戇儂 GT, 戇猴 GT, 宋盼的 GT, 盼仔 GT
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Tainan
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戇儂, 戇虎的
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Penang (Hokkien)
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戇儂, 戇居, 柴頭, 戇囝, 傻仔
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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戇囝
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Manila (Hokkien)
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山猴, 戇戇鬼, 洽洽仔, 三八儂, ka-mú-tī, 大番薯
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Shantou
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傻瓜, 㦙囝, 傻哥
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Leizhou
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妃松, 老松, 山邁
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Haikou
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傻囝
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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傻佬
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Sanxiang
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傻佬
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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傻崽
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Wu
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Shanghai
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戇人, 阿戇, 踱頭, 壽頭, 戇浮屍 vulgar
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Xiang
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Changsha
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哈寶, 苕它, 蠢人子, 蠢寶, 痴呆子, 哈卵 vulgar
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Loudi
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哈寶, 哈聖, 哈子
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Note
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GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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Coordinate terms
German
Etymology 1
From a diminutive of Luise and other female names beginning with Lu-.
Proper noun
Lulu
- a female given name of rare usage
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulu, no plural)
- (Austria, childish) urine (Austrian child language)
- Synonyms: Pipi, Urin
Declension
Etymology 3
By extension from Etymology 2.
Noun
Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulus, plural Lulus)
- (Austria, derogatory) wimp, wuss
- Synonyms: Schlappschwanz, Memme, Weichei
- Bist ein Mann oder ein Lulu? ― Are you a man or a wuss?
Declension