羅勒

See also: 罗勒

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (羅勒)		羅	勒
simp. (罗勒)		罗	勒
alternative forms		蘿艻／萝艻 羅簕／罗簕

Etymology

From an aphaeretic form of Sanskrit करालक (karālaka), कराल (karāla, “a kind of Ocimum”).

Qimin Yaoshu in the sixth century records that this name (羅勒) was tabooed during the time of emperor Shi Le (石勒, 273–333), on account of the identity of the second character with that in his own name, and the name was changed into 蘭香 instead. Such taboo appears to be short-lived, as the name 羅勒 was attested again in the work of Tao Hongjing (456–536).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luólè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ lak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luólè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luólè
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-lê⁴
    • Yale: lwó-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoleh
    • Palladius: лолэ (lolɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo⁴ lak⁶
    • Yale: lòh lahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ lak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ leg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ lɐk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: la lok

Rime
Character	羅	勒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	魯何切	盧則切
Baxter	la	lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑ/	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑ/	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑ/	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/la/	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/lɑ/	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/lɑ/	/lək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑ/	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luó	lè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lo4	lak6

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 羅勒

1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Synonyms

• 九層塔／九层塔 (jiǔcéngtǎ)
• 金不換／金不换 (jīnbùhuàn)
• (Hakka, Hokkien) 七層塔／七层塔
• (Teochew) 魚齋菜／鱼斋菜, 魚腥菜／鱼腥菜

Derived terms

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