葫蘆島

See also: 葫芦岛

Chinese

		bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water	island
trad. (葫蘆島)		葫蘆	島
simp. (葫芦岛)		葫芦	岛

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Húlúdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ lou⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Húlúdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Húlúdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Hu²-lu²-tao³
    • Yale: Hú-lú-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwuludao
    • Palladius: Хулудао (Xuludao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ lu³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ lou⁴ dou²
    • Yale: wùh lòuh dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ lou⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ lou⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ lou̯²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

葫蘆島

1. (～市) Huludao (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)

Descendants

• → English: Huludao, Hulutao, Hu-lu-tao