貨賂

See also: 货赂

Chinese

		goods; money; commodity	bribe; bribery
trad. (貨賂)		貨	賂
simp. (货赂)		货	赂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòlù
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: hwò-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohluh
    • Palladius: холу (xolu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xwaH luH

Rime
Character	貨	賂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼臥切	洛故切
Baxter	xwaH	luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑH/	/luoH/
Pan Wuyun	/huɑH/	/luoH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑH/	/loH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaH/	/lɔH/
Li Rong	/xuɑH/	/loH/
Wang Li	/xuɑH/	/luH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑH/	/luoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huò	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo3	lou6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˁaj-s  [r]ˤak-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋʷaːls  ɡ·raːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貨	賂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huò	lù
Middle Chinese	‹ xwaH ›	‹ luH ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰˁaj-s/	/*[r]ˁak-s/
English	(movable) property, goods	wealth; present (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貨	賂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5325	3858
Phonetic component	化	各
Rime group	歌	暮
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	貨	路
Old Chinese	/*hŋʷaːls/	/*ɡ·raːɡs/

Noun

貨賂

1. (archaic) one's property
2. (archaic) bribe

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貨	賂
か Grade: 4	ろ Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 貨賂 (huòlù).

Noun

貨(か)賂(ろ) • (karo) ^{←くわろ (kwaro)?}

1. (archaic) gifts of money, jewelry, etc, especially giving money to someone for the purpose to make a profit; bribe

   Synonym: 賄賂 (wairo)