油葫蘆

Chinese

		oil; sly	bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water
trad. (油葫蘆)		油	葫蘆
simp. (油葫芦)		油	葫芦

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuhúlú, yóuhulǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ, ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄏㄨ ㄌㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ wu⁴ lou^4-2
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yeu-wu-lu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuhúlú → yóuhúlu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ → ㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuhúlů
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-hu²-lu⁵
    • Yale: yóu-hú-lu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youhwu.lu
    • Palladius: юхулу (juxulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ xu³⁵ lu³⁵/ → /joʊ̯³⁵ xu³⁵ lu³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuhulǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄏㄨ ㄌㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuhůlǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-hu⁵-lu³
    • Yale: yóu-hu-lǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you.huluu
    • Palladius: юхулу (juxulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ xu³ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ wu⁴ lou^4-2
    • Yale: yàuh wùh lóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ wu⁴ lou^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ wu⁴ lou^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ wuː²¹ lou̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu-wu-lu
    • MiniDict: yeu^去 wu lu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-hhu-lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² ɦu⁵⁵ lu²¹/

Noun

油葫蘆

1. Gryllus testaceus, a field cricket
2. (Shanghainese) someone who fills a position without having the necessary qualifications