俘虜

See also: 俘虏

Chinese

		prisoner of war	take captive
trad. (俘虜)		俘	虜
simp. (俘虏)		俘	虏

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúlǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ lou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hû-ló͘ / hu-ló͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúlǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúlǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-lu³
    • Yale: fú-lǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuluu
    • Palladius: фулу (fulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ lou⁵
    • Yale: fū lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-ló͘
    • Tâi-lô: hû-lóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hulor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²⁴⁻²² lɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu¹³⁻²² lɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-ló͘
    • Tâi-lô: hu-lóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hulor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ⁵³/

Verb

俘虜

1. to capture the enemy; to take captive

Synonyms

• 俘獲／俘获 (fúhuò)
• 囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
• 抓 (zhuā)
• 抓獲／抓获 (zhuāhuò)
• 拘捕 (jūbǔ)
• 拿獲／拿获 (náhuò)
• 捉 (zhuō)
• 捉拿 (zhuōná)
• 捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
• 捕獲／捕获 (bǔhuò)
• 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
• 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 擒拿 (qínná)
• 擒獲／擒获 (qínhuò)
• 攝／摄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 查獲／查获 (cháhuò)
• 緝拿／缉拿 (jīná)
• 緝捕／缉捕 (jībǔ)
• 緝獲／缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
• 被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
• 被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
• 訪拿／访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
• 訪緝／访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
• 跴緝／跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
• 踩緝／踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
• 巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
• 追拿 (zhuīná)
• 追捕 (zhuībǔ)
• 追擊／追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
• 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
• 追緝／追缉 (zhuījī)
• 逮捕

 

Noun

俘虜

1. captive; prisoner of war

Synonyms

• (literary) 囚俘 (qiúfú)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 俘虜 – see 葫蘆 (“(Cantonese) full house”). (This term is a variant form of 葫蘆).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俘	虜
ふ Hyōgaiji	りょ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
俘虜 (kyūjitai)

Noun

俘(ふ)虜(りょ) • (furyo) 

1. captive, prisoner of war
   • 1938, 海野十三, 怪塔王:

     帝国軍人(ていこくぐんじん)が俘虜(ふりょ)になるとは、この上(うえ)もない不名誉(ふめいよ)だ。

     Teikoku gunjin ga furyo ni naru to wa, kono ue mo nai fumeiyo da.

     There is no greater dishonor for the imperial soldier than to become a prisoner of war.