葫蘆

See also: 葫芦

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (葫蘆)		葫	蘆
simp. (葫芦)		葫	芦
alternative forms		壺蘆／壶芦 胡盧／胡卢 胡蘆／胡芦 壺盧／壶卢

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Guoyu Cidian has "以其果實狀似壺及蘆，故稱為「壺蘆」", but how does it look like reed?”)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 葫蘆

1. (～瓜) bottle gourd; calabash

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 瓠仔

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (葫蘆):

• → Japanese: 葫蘆(ころ) (koro)
• → Korean: 호로(葫蘆) (horo)
• → Vietnamese: hồ lô (葫蘆)

Others:

• → Mongolian: хулуу (xuluu)

Etymology 2

			rush; reed; Phragmites communis
trad. (葫蘆)		葫	蘆
simp. (葫芦)		葫	芦
alternative forms		夫佬 俘虜／俘虏

Phono-semantic matching of English full.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ lou^4-2 / fu¹ lou⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ lou^4-2 / fu¹ lou⁴
    • Yale: fū lóu / fū lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ lou^4-2 / fu¹ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ lou^4-2 / fu¹ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /fuː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 葫蘆

1. (Cantonese, card games) full house

Synonyms

• 滿堂紅／满堂红 (mǎntánghóng)

See also

Poker hands in Mandarin · 撲克牌型／扑克牌型 (layout · text)
單張／单张 (dānzhāng), 高牌, 烏龍／乌龙 (wūlóng)	對／对 (duì), 對子／对子 (duìzi), 一對／一对 (yīduì)	兩對／两对	三張／三张, 三條／三条 (sāntiáo)	順／顺 (shùn), 順子／顺子 (shùnzi)
同花 (tónghuā)	三帶二／三带二	四張／四张, 四條／四条 (sìtiáo), 鐵扇／铁扇, 鐵支／铁支	同花順／同花顺 (tónghuāshùn)	同花大順／同花大顺 (tónghuā dàshùn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
葫	蘆
こ Hyōgaiji	ろ Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Alternative spellings
葫盧 胡盧

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 葫蘆 (MC hu|xu lu, literally “gourd + rushes, reeds”). Compare modern Min Nan reading hô͘-lô͘.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

葫(こ)蘆(ろ) • (koro) 

1. bottle gourd, calabash

Usage notes

This term koro appears to be quite rare. The term 瓢箪 (hyōtan) is used more commonly to mean gourd or calabash.