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胡萝卜hú luó bo
carrot
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 胡萝卜 | húluóbo | |
| 1. n. carrot | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| carrot | ||
| 1. 正在编辑 | ||
| 2. 胡萝卜 | ||
| Components | ||
| 胡 | hú | |
| 1. beard; moustache; whiskers | ||
| 2. lane, alley, side street | ||
| 3. (historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders | ||
| 4. (historical) countries and peoples in the (Western Regions), including Persia, w, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India | ||
| 5. (by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported | ||
| 6. (musical instrument) Short for 胡琴 (huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples) | ||
| 7. (historical) (zh-div, 國) w, zh:胡國, State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the w, Chu (state), State of Chu in 496 BCE | ||
| 8. outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly | ||
| 胡 ^錦-濤 - Hu Jintao | ||
| 萝 | luó | |
| 1. (botany) Creeping or trailing plants. | ||
| 卜 | bó, bo | |
| 1. radish | ||
| 2. to desire, want, long for | ||
| 3. fortune telling | ||
| 4. n. (now literary) radish | ||
| 5. intend | ||
| 6. prophecy | ||
| 7. wish, desire | ||
| 8. a surname | ||
| 9. to wish, to desire, to want | ||
| 10. v. (lb, cmn, literary) to divine | ||
| 工 欲 善 其 事，必 先 利 其 器。 - If a workman wishes to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools., ref=Duke Ling of Wei, Analects of Confucius (《論語·衛靈公》) | ||
| 如 閣下 欲 以 電郵 聯絡 政府 資訊 中心，請 透過 網頁：XYZ 傳送 問題。 - Please send your enquiries and suggestions to the Public Information Centre by email via the homepage: XYZ. | ||
| 11. about to | ||
| 12. (Hokkien, Min Dong) to want | ||
| 你 欲 佮 我 去 圖書館 無？ - Do you want to go to the library with me?, MN | ||
| 13. (Hokkien, Min Dong) about to | ||
| 欲 落雨 矣，咱 著着 出去 收衫。 - It's about to rain! Let's go out to bring in the laundry., MN, tr=Beh lo̍h-hō͘--ah, lán tio̍h chhut-khì siu-saⁿ. | ||
| 14. (Hokkien) if | ||
| 欲 我，我 就tō 會 較早 睏。 - If I were you, I would've slept earlier., MN | ||
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Pronunciation
hú luó bo
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