馬葫蘆
Chinese edit
horse; surname | bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water | ||
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trad. (馬葫蘆) | 馬 | 葫蘆 | |
simp. (马葫芦) | 马 | 葫芦 |
Etymology edit
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese マンホール (manhōru), from English manhole.
Pronunciation edit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎhúlů
- Wade–Giles: ma3-hu2-lu5
- Yale: mǎ-hú-lu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maahwu.lu
- Palladius: махулу (maxulu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ lu³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun edit
馬葫蘆
- (Northeastern Mandarin) underground utility vault (housing an access point for water, sewer, telephone, electricity or other services); manhole