嘟嚕

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūlu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ˙ㄌㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ lou¹

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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/

Verb

嘟嚕

1. to hang down in a bunch; to droop

Synonyms

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

 

Noun

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

2. trill

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