葫蘆
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See also: 葫芦
Chinese
Etymology 1
| phonetic | |||
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| trad. (葫蘆) | 葫 | 蘆 | |
| simp. (葫芦) | 葫 | 芦 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 胡芦 | ||
| alternative forms | 壺蘆／壶芦 胡盧／胡卢 胡蘆／胡芦 壺盧／壶卢 | ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Guoyu Cidian has "以其果實狀似壺及蘆，故稱為「壺蘆」", but how does it look like reed?”) Compare also 瓠 (OC *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs, “gourd”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wu4 lou4-2 / wu4 lou4
- Gan (Wiktionary): fu4 lu
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): hu1 lou3
- Eastern Min (BUC): hù-lù
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou2 lou2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6wu-lu6 / 2wu6-lu6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: húlu
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: húlů
- Wade–Giles: hu2-lu5
- Yale: hú-lu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.lu
- Palladius: хулу (xulu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵ lu³/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (葫蘆兒 / 葫芦儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: húlur
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: húlůr
- Wade–Giles: hu2-lu5-ʼrh
- Yale: hú-lur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.lul
- Palladius: хулур (xulur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵ luɻʷ³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu4 lou4-2 / wu4 lou4
- Yale: wùh lóu / wùh lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu4 lou4-2 / wu4 lou4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu4 lou4-2 / wu4 lou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²¹ lou̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /wuː²¹ lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: fu4 lu
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ lu²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-lù
- Hakka Romanization System: fuˇ luˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fu2 lu2
- Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹ lu¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: fu lu
- Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: hu1 lou3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /xu¹¹ ləu⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hù-lù
- Sinological IPA (key): /hu⁵³⁻³³ l̃u⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hou2 lou2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó-ló
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔu¹³⁻¹¹ lɔu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hou2 lou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔu²⁴⁻²¹ lɔu²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: hu|xu lu
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤa C.rˤa/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaː|ɡaː raː/
Noun
葫蘆
- (～瓜) bottle gourd; calabash
- (Wuhan Mandarin) person that can drink a large amount of water
- (Loudi Xiang) bottle
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 瓶子 (“bottle”)
Derived terms
- 不知葫蘆裡賣甚麼藥 / 不知葫芦里卖甚么药
- 亞腰葫蘆 / 亚腰葫芦
- 依本畫葫蘆 / 依本画葫芦
- 依樣畫葫蘆 / 依样画葫芦 (yīyàng huà húlu)
- 依樣葫蘆 / 依样葫芦
- 依葫蘆畫瓢 / 依葫芦画瓢
- 倒地葫蘆 / 倒地葫芦
- 冰糖葫蘆 / 冰糖葫芦 (bīngtáng húlu)
- 包葫蘆頭 / 包葫芦头
- 墩葫蘆，摔馬杓 / 墩葫芦，摔马杓
- 實葫蘆 / 实葫芦
- 屁股震葫蘆 / 屁股震葫芦
- 悶葫蘆 / 闷葫芦 (mènhúlu)
- 打混葫蘆 / 打混葫芦
- 按下葫蘆浮起瓢 / 按下葫芦浮起瓢 (àn xià húlu fú qǐ piáo)
- 按倒葫蘆瓢起來 / 按倒葫芦瓢起来 (àn dǎo húlu piáo qǐlái)
- 按著葫蘆摳子 / 按著葫芦抠子
- 揜口葫蘆 / 揜口葫芦
- 提葫蘆 / 提葫芦
- 搬倒葫蘆灑了油 / 搬倒葫芦洒了油
- 敦葫蘆，摔馬杓 / 敦葫芦，摔马杓
- 水葫蘆 / 水葫芦 (shuǐhúlu)
- 沒嘴葫蘆 / 没嘴葫芦
- 油葫蘆 / 油葫芦
- 火葫蘆 / 火葫芦
- 照葫蘆畫瓢 / 照葫芦画瓢 (zhào húlu huà piáo)
- 糖葫蘆 / 糖葫芦 (tánghúlu)
- 葫蘆兒 / 葫芦儿 (húlur)
- 葫蘆島 / 葫芦岛 (Húlúdǎo)
- 葫蘆提 / 葫芦提
- 葫蘆架 / 葫芦架
- 葫蘆瓶 / 葫芦瓶 (húlupíng)
- 葫蘆科 / 葫芦科
- 葫蘆笙 / 葫芦笙 (húlúshēng)
- 葫蘆絲 / 葫芦丝 (húlusī)
- 葫蘆藤 / 葫芦藤
- 葫蘆裡賣的甚麼藥 / 葫芦里卖的甚么药 (húlu lǐ mài de shénme yào)
- 西葫蘆 / 西葫芦 (xīhúlu)
- 鋸了嘴的葫蘆 / 锯了嘴的葫芦
- 鋸嘴葫蘆 / 锯嘴葫芦
- 響葫蘆 / 响葫芦
Descendants
Others:
- → Mongolian: хулуу (xuluu)
Etymology 2
| rush; reed; Phragmites communis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (葫蘆) | 葫 | 蘆 | |
| simp. (葫芦) | 葫 | 芦 | |
| alternative forms | 夫佬 俘虜／俘虏 | ||
Phono-semantic matching of English full.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu1 lou4-2 / fu1 lou4
- Yale: fū lóu / fū lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu1 lou4-2 / fu1 lou4
- Guangdong Romanization: fu1 lou4-2 / fu1 lou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /fuː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
葫蘆
Synonyms
See also
| Poker hands in Mandarin · 撲克牌型 / 扑克牌型 (layout · text) | |||||
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對 / 对 (duì), 對子 / 对子 (duìzi), 一對 / 一对 (yīduì) |
兩對 / 两对 | 三張 / 三张, 三條 / 三条 (sāntiáo) | 順 / 顺 (shùn), 順子 / 顺子 (shùnzi) | |
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| 同花 (tónghuā) | 三帶二 / 三带二 | 四張 / 四张, 四條 / 四条 (sìtiáo), 鐵扇 / 铁扇, 鐵支 / 铁支 |
同花順 / 同花顺 (tónghuāshùn) | 同花大順 / 同花大顺 (tónghuā dàshùn) | |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 葫 | 蘆 |
| こ Hyōgai |
ろ Hyōgai |
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| Alternative spellings |
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| 葫盧 胡盧 |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 葫蘆 (MC hu|xu lu, literally “gourd + rushes, reeds”). Compare modern Min Nan reading hô͘-lô͘.
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
This term koro appears to be quite rare. The term 瓢箪 (hyōtan) is used more commonly to mean gourd or calabash.