馬葫蘆

Chinese

		horse; surname	bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water
trad. (馬葫蘆)		馬	葫蘆
simp. (马葫芦)		马	葫芦

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese マンホール (manhōru), from English manhole.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎhúlu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎhúlu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhúlů
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-hu²-lu⁵
    • Yale: mǎ-hú-lu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahwu.lu
    • Palladius: махулу (maxulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu³/

Noun

馬葫蘆

1. (Northeastern Mandarin) underground utility vault (housing an access point for water, sewer, telephone, electricity or other services); manhole

Derived terms

• 馬葫蘆蓋／马葫芦盖