囫圇

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (囫圇)		囫	圇
simp. (囫囵)		囫	囵
alternative forms		鶻崙 鶻淪／鹘沦 whole 鶻圇／鹘囵 whole

Etymology

Probably a compound from 渾 (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ, “complete, whole”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): húlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хўлун (hwlun, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ leon⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): hueh⁴ lung¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gó̤-lòng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸veq-len

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húlún
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-lun²
    • Yale: hú-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuluen
    • Palladius: хулунь (xulunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хўлун (hwlun, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²⁴ luŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹ leon⁴
    • Yale: fāt lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵ lɵn²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hueh⁴ lung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ lũŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gó̤-lòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko²¹³⁻⁵⁵ l̃ouŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸veq-len
    • MiniDict: veh^入 len
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵veq-len
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ¹¹ lən²³/

Adjective

囫圇

1. (archaic or Eastern Min) complete; whole
2. (archaic) sweeping and vague

Synonyms

• 渾淪／浑沦
• (complete):

• 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
• 俱備／俱备 (jùbèi) (literary)
• 全 (quán)
• 全備／全备 (quánbèi)
• 全部 (quánbù) (attributive)
• 加尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 十足 (shízú)
• 囫圇個／囫囵个 (húlúngè) (colloquial)
• 妥 (tuǒ)
• 完 (wán)
• 完備／完备 (wánbèi)
• 完全 (wánquán)
• 完具 (wánjù) (literary)
• 完整 (wánzhěng)
• 實足／实足 (shízú)
• 掃／扫 (literary, or in compounds)
• 整 (zhěng)
• 整個／整个 (zhěnggè) (attributive)
• 整齊／整齐 (zhěngqí)
• 渾然／浑然 (húnrán)
• 滿／满 (mǎn)
• 褿備／褿备 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 褿全 (Hokkien)
• 齊備／齐备 (qíbèi)
• 齊全／齐全 (qíquán)

 

Derived terms

• 囫圇個兒／囫囵个儿
• 囫圇半片／囫囵半片
• 囫圇吞／囫囵吞
• 囫圇吞棗／囫囵吞枣 (húlúntūnzǎo)
• 囫圇睡／囫囵睡
• 囫圇竹／囫囵竹
• 囫圇粥／囫囵粥
• 囫圇覺／囫囵觉
• 囫圇課／囫囵课
• 囫圇謎／囫囵谜
• 死囫圇吞／死囫囵吞

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (囫圇):

• → Korean: 홀륜(囫圇) (hollyun)