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胡萝卜hú luó bo
carrot
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 胡萝卜 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 胡蘿蔔 | ||
| 胡蘿蔔 | húluóbo | |
| 1. n. carrot | ||
| 胡蘿蔔 加 大 棒 政策 - carrot and stick policy | ||
| 2. v. (Mainland, fandom slang) to flop | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| carrot | ||
| 1. 正在编辑 | ||
| 2. 胡萝卜 | ||
| Components | ||
| 胡 | hú | |
| 1. (obsolete) wattle; dewlap (fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of animals) | ||
| 2. (obsolete) wattle-like object, such as pendent parts on implements | ||
| 3. (literary) how; why; what | ||
| 4. (historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders | ||
| 胡人 - foreigner | ||
| 5. (historical) countries and peoples in the Western Regions, including Persia, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India | ||
| 6. (by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported | ||
| 胡桃 - walnut | ||
| 胡蘿蔔 - carrot | ||
| 7. Short for 胡琴, huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples | ||
| 二胡 - erhu | ||
| 板胡 - banhu | ||
| 8. (historical) State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the State of Chu in 496 BCE | ||
| 9. (obsolete) black; dark-skinned | ||
| 10. (obsolete) far; great; senior | ||
| 11. outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly | ||
| 胡說 - to talk nonsense | ||
| 胡搞 - to mess around | ||
| 胡 錦-濤 - Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012 | ||
| 12. Simplified form of 鬍 | ||
| 13. Simplified form of 衚 | ||
| 14. Variant of 葫 | ||
| 15. Variant of 猢 | ||
| 16. Variant of 蝴 | ||
| 17. Variant of 糊 | ||
| 猢 | hú | |
| 1. Used in 猢猻 | ||
| 2. Used in 獑猢 | ||
| 糊 | hú, hū, hù | |
| 1. (literary) congee; rice gruel; porridge | ||
| 2. to eat gruel to allay one's hunger | ||
| 3. paste | ||
| 4. to apply a mixture | ||
| 5. muddled; unclear | ||
| 6. (Mainland, fandom slang) to flop | ||
| 7. victory in mahjong game | ||
| 葫 | hú | |
| 1. Used in 葫蘆 | ||
| 2. (obsolete) garlic | ||
| 蝴 | hú, hùernacular | |
| 1. Only used in 蝴蝶 (butterfly) | ||
| 2. usage. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian ((lw, zh, pref=《, 现代汉语规范词典, suf=》)) proscribes the use of the pronunciation m, cmn, hù. | ||
| 衚 | hú | |
| 1. Only used in 衚衕 | ||
| 鬍 | hú | |
| 1. beard; moustache; whiskers | ||
| 萝 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 蘿 | ||
| 蘿 | luó | |
| 1. (botany) creeping or trailing plants | ||
| 卜 | bǔ | |
| 1. to divine | ||
| 2. (literary) to foretell; to predict | ||
| 生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive | ||
| 3. (literary) to choose | ||
| 卜居 - to choose a place to live | ||
| 4. Simplified form of 蔔 | ||
| 5. Variant of 欲 | ||
| 欲 | yù | |
| 1. wish; desire | ||
| 口腹之欲 - desire to eat | ||
| 控制 欲 - desire to control | ||
| 權力 欲 - desire for power | ||
| 2. to wish; to desire; to want | ||
| 3. about to | ||
| 搖搖欲墜 - tottering, lit=shaking or swaying as if about to collapse | ||
| 4. Simplified form of 慾 | ||
| 5. (Min Dong, Hokkien, Hainanese) to want (to do) | ||
| 你 欲 佮 我 去 圖書館 無？ - Do you want to go to the library with me?, MN | ||
| 6. (Min Dong, Hokkien) about to | ||
| 欲 落雨 矣，咱 著着 出去 收衫。 (Beh lo̍h-hō͘--ah, lán tio̍h chhut-khì siu-saⁿ.) - It's about to rain! Let's go out to bring in the laundry., MN | ||
| 7. (Hokkien, Hainanese) if | ||
| 欲 我，我 就tō 會 較早 睏。 - If I were you, I would've slept earlier., MN | ||
| 8. Alternative form of 愛 (-) | ||
| 9. (Min Dong) to like (attn, zh, Teochew?) | ||
| 10. (Teochew) to want (an object) | ||
| 11. (Min Dong, Teochew) to want (to do); to wish | ||
| 12. (Teochew) to need to; must | ||
| 13. (Teochew) about to | ||
| 14. (Min Dong) to be prone; to be easy to | ||
| 蔔 | bó, bo | |
| 1. carrot | ||
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Pronunciation
hú luó bo
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