葫蘆

Chinese

		Allium scorodoprasum; bottle gourd	rush; reed; Phragmites communis
trad. (葫蘆)		葫	蘆
simp. (葫芦)		葫	芦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húlú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ lou⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): fù-lù
• Min Nan (POJ): hô͘-lô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: húlú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwulu
    • IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ lu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ lou⁴
    • Yale: wùh lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ lou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ lou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù-lù
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /fu¹¹ lu¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: holoo
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²³⁻¹¹ lɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³⁻²² lɔ¹³/

Noun

葫蘆

1. (Advanced Mandarin) bottle gourd; calabash

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
葫	蘆
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji

Alternative forms

• 葫盧, 胡盧

Noun

葫蘆 ‎(hiragana ころ, romaji koro)

1. bottle gourd, calabash

Usage notes

The term 瓢箪 (ひょうたん, ​hyōtan) is more commonly used to mean gourd or calabash.