胡蘆巴

See also: 胡芦巴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (胡蘆巴)		胡蘆	巴
simp. (胡芦巴)		胡芦	巴
alternative forms		葫蘆巴／葫芦巴

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Arabic حُلْبَة (ḥulba, “fenugreek”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húlúbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄅㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húlúbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húlúba
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-lu²-pa¹
    • Yale: hú-lú-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuluba
    • Palladius: хулуба (xuluba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ lu³⁵ pä⁵⁵/

Noun

胡蘆巴

1. fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)