呼拉圈

Chinese

			circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
trad. (呼拉圈)		呼拉	圈
simp. #(呼拉圈)		呼拉	圈
alternative forms		呼啦圈 standard in Mainland

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English hula + 圈 (quān, “hoop”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūlāquān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄑㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ laai¹ hyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hu-la-chhiuen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūlāquān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hulacyuan
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-la¹-chʻüan¹
    • Yale: hū-lā-chywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hulhachiuan
    • Palladius: хулацюань (xulacjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūlāquānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄑㄩㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hulacyuanr
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-la¹-chʻüan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: hū-lā-chywānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hulhachiual
    • Palladius: хулацюаньр (xulacjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ laai¹ hyun¹
    • Yale: fū lāai hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ laai¹ hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ lai¹ hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hu-la-chhiuen
    • Hakka Romanization System: hu la qiuen
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hu⁴ la⁴ qiuen⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hu⁵⁵ la⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯ue̯n⁵⁵/

Note: from Mandarin.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 呼拉圈

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong) hula hoop

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