風呂

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	surname
trad. (風呂)		風	呂
simp. (风吕)		风	吕

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 風呂(ふろ) (furo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnglǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnglǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fonglyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-lü³
    • Yale: fēng-lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengleu
    • Palladius: фэнлюй (fɛnljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ leoi⁵
    • Yale: fūng léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/

Noun

風呂

1. Japanese-style bath

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 風呂(ふろ) (furo).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-lo͘h / hú-loh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-lo͘h
    • Tâi-lô: hú-looh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwloq
    • IPA (Lukang): /hu⁵⁵⁻³⁵ lɔʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔʔ³²/
    • IPA (Tainan): /hu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lɔʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-loh
    • Tâi-lô: hú-loh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwloiq
    • IPA (Yilan): /hu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loʔ²/

Noun

風呂

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) bathtub

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	呂
ふ Grade: 2 (ateji)	ろ Grade: S (ateji)
goon

Etymology

Shift from 室 (muro, “cellar”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふろ [fùróꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ふろ [fúꜜrò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾo̞]

Noun

風(ふ)呂(ろ) • (furo) 

1. bath; bathtub
   • 2008 October 8, Saki Hasemi with Yabuki, Kentaro, “とらぶる94　とらぶるくえすと２ [TLOVEl 94: TLOVEl Quest 2]”, in ＴｏＬＯＶＥる　—とらぶる— [ToLOVEru —TLOVEl—], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 123:

     ゲームのキャラがお風(ふ)呂(ろ)入(はい)るなんておかしいと思(おも)う？

     Gēmu no kyara ga ofuro hairu nan te okashī to omō?

     Don’t you think it’s weird that a video game character takes a fancy bath?

Synonyms

• バス (basu)
• 浴場(よくじょう) (yokujō)

Derived terms

• 朝(あさ)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (asaburo, “morning bath”)
• 風(ふ)呂(ろ)場(ば) (furoba, “bathroom”)
• 風(ふ)呂(ろ)屋(や) (furoya, “public bath”)
• 露(ろ)天(てん)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (rotenburo, “outdoor bath”)
• 風呂椅子(ふろいす) (furo isu, “bath stool”)

Further reading

• The furo entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)