嘟嚕

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (嘟嚕)		嘟	嚕
simp. (嘟噜)		嘟	噜
alternative forms		督溜 Jin

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūlu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ˙ㄌㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ lou¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): dueh⁴ lu¹ / dueh⁴ liou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūlu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ˙ㄌㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dulů
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-lu⁵
    • Yale: dū-lu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: du.lu
    • Palladius: дулу (dulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ lu²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ lou¹
    • Yale: dōu lōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ lou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ lou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ lou̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dueh⁴ lu¹ / dueh⁴ liou¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ lu¹¹/, /tuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ liəu¹¹/

Verb

嘟嚕

1. to hang down in a bunch; to droop

Synonyms

• 下垂 (xiàchuí)
• 塌 (tā)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 耷拉 (dāla) (colloquial)

 

Classifier

嘟嚕

1. Classifier for a bunch or cluster of things.

   一嘟嚕葡萄／一嘟噜葡萄  ―  yī dūlu pútáo  ―  a bunch of grapes

   一嘟嚕鑰匙／一嘟噜钥匙  ―  yī dūlu yàoshi  ―  a bunch of keys

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 串 (“bunch (classifier for grapes, etc.)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		串
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘟嚕, 串兒
	Taiwan	串
	Harbin	嘟嚕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嘟嚕
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	串兒, 抓兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抓, 串
	Wuhan	掛, 串
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	掛
	Hefei	掛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抽, 藭
	Hong Kong	抽
	Yangjiang	杛
Gan	Nanchang	掛
Hakka	Meixian	串, 叉
Jin	Taiyuan	嘟嚕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	掛, 串
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掛
Southern Min	Xiamen	捾
	Quanzhou	捾
	Zhangzhou	捾
	Chaozhou	球
	Shantou	球, 串
	Jieyang	球
Wu	Suzhou	串
	Wenzhou	串
Xiang	Changsha	掛, 梂
	Shuangfeng	絡, 抓

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (嘟嚕)		嘟	嚕
simp. (嘟噜)		嘟	噜

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūlu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ˙ㄌㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ lou¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): dueh⁴ lu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūlu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ˙ㄌㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dulů
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-lu⁵
    • Yale: dū-lu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: du.lu
    • Palladius: дулу (dulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ lu²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūlur
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ˙ㄌㄨㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dulůr
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-lu⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: dū-lur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: du.lul
    • Palladius: дулур (dulur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ luɻʷ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ lou¹
    • Yale: dōu lōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ lou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ lou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ lou̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dueh⁴ lu¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ lu¹¹/

Noun

嘟嚕

1. trill

   打嘟嚕／打嘟噜  ―  dǎ dūlu  ―  to pronounce with a trill; to roll