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

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 ˙ㄏㄨㄌㄨˇ
  - 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

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

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