膏腴

Chinese

		ointment; paste	fat on belly; fertile; rich
trad. (膏腴)		膏	腴
simp. #(膏腴)		膏	腴

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyú
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-yü²
    • Yale: gāu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauyu
    • Palladius: гаоюй (gaojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 膏腴 高於／高于

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: gōu yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

Adjective

膏腴

1. (literary) fertile; rich
2. (literary) abundant
3. (literary) gorgeous; magnificent

Synonyms

• (fertile):

• 富饒／富饶 (fùráo)
• 沃美 (wòměi) (literary)
• 沃腴 (wòyú) (literary)
• 肥沃 (féiwò)
• 肥美 (féiměi)
• 肥饒／肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fertile”): 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-lǔ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-lǔ
    • Tâi-lô: koo-lǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ lu²²/

Adjective

膏腴

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) wealthy; rich

Synonyms

• 優裕／优裕 (yōuyù)
• 多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
• 好康 (Hokkien)
• 好額／好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
• 富有 (fùyǒu)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 富裕 (fùyù)
• 富貴／富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
• 富足 (fùzú)
• 寬綽／宽绰 (kuānchuò)
• 寬裕／宽裕 (kuānyù)
• 寬鬆／宽松 (kuānsōng)
• 有米 (jau⁵ mai⁵) (Cantonese)
• 有錢／有钱 (yǒuqián)
• 有鐳／有镭 (Hokkien)
• 殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
• 殷實 (yīnshí)
• 活潑／活泼 (huópō) (literary)
• 潤屋／润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
• 萬貫／万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
• 肥實／肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
• 肥饒／肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
• 腰裡橫／腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
• 華貴／华贵 (huáguì)
• 趁錢／趁钱 (chènqián) (Northeastern Mandarin, colloquial)
• 闊／阔 (kuò)