葫蘆兒

Chinese

		bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (葫蘆兒)		葫蘆	兒
simp. (葫芦儿)		葫芦	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húlur

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húlur
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húlůr
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-lu⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: hú-lur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.lul
    • Palladius: хулур (xulur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ luɻʷ³/

Noun

葫蘆兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 葫蘆／葫芦 (húlu, “bottle gourd”).
2. (Mandarin, colloquial) candied fruits on a bamboo skewer

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瓠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葫蘆
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	葫蘆
	Singapore	葫蘆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	葫蘆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	葫蘆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	葫蘆
	Wanrong	葫蘆
	Xi'an	葫蘆
	Xining	葫蘆
	Xuzhou	葫蘆, 瓠子
	Pizhou	瓠子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	瓠子
	Donghai	瓠子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	葫蘆
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	葫蘆
	Guiyang	葫蘆
	Liuzhou	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	葫蘆, 瓠子
	Yangzhou	瓠子
	Baoying	瓠子
	Taizhou	瓠子
	Lianyungang	瓠子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	瓠子
	Xuyi	瓠子
	Nantong	瓠子
	Rugao	瓠子
	Yancheng	瓠子
	Sihong	瓠子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葫蘆
	Hong Kong	葫蘆瓜, 葫蘆
	Dongguan	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
Gan	Nanchang	葫蘆
	Lichuan	葫蘆, 膨葫
	Pingxiang	葫蘆
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瓠仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瓠仔, 瓠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瓠子
Huizhou	Jixi	葫蘆
Jin	Taiyuan	葫蘆
	Xinzhou	葫蘆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	葫蘆瓠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Min	Quanzhou	匏
	Haikou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	葫蘆
Wu	Shanghai	葫蘆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	葫落
	Suzhou	葫蘆, 扁蒲
	Wuxi	葫蘆
	Changshu	葫蘆
	Changzhou	葫蘆
	Danyang	葫蘆, 瓠則
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	瓠則
	Hangzhou	葫蘆兒
	Ningbo	葫蘆
	Jinhua	葫蘆
Xiang	Changsha	葫蘆瓜

Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冰糖葫蘆, 糖葫蘆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	糖葫蘆兒, 冰糖葫蘆兒, 葫蘆兒
	Taiwan	糖葫蘆
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	糖堆兒
	Jinan	酸蘸兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	糖球
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	冰糖葫蘆兒, 糖葫蘆兒, 山楂串兒
	Wanrong	糖葫蘆
	Xi'an	冰糖葫蘆, 糖葫蘆
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	糖嘟兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	糖花紅
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	酸糖球
Cantonese	Hong Kong	冰糖葫蘆
Jin	Taiyuan	糖葫蘆
	Xinzhou	糖葫蘆兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	油柑攕
	Zhangzhou	油柑攕
	Zhao'an	鳥梨仔插
	Tainan	李仔攕
Wu	Shanghai	糖山楂

Dialectal synonyms of 冰糖葫蘆 (“candied fruits on a bamboo skewer”) [map]