嚕

See also: 噜

嚕 U+5695, 嚕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5695 ← 嚔 [U+5694] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚖 → [U+5696]

Translingual

Han character

嚕 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口弓田日 (RNWA), four-corner 6706₃, composition ⿰口魯)

1. verbose, talkative
2. mumbling

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4502
• Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 700, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5695

Chinese

trad.		嚕
simp.		噜
2nd round simp.		鲁

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 魯 (OC *raːʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lū (lu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lu
    • Wade–Giles: lu¹
    • Yale: lū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhu
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou¹
    • Yale: lōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

嚕

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 一嘟嚕／一嘟噜
• 咕嚕／咕噜 (gūlū)
• 呼嚕／呼噜 (hūlū)
• 哩嚕／哩噜
• 嘀裡嘟嚕／嘀里嘟噜
• 嘰哩咕嚕／叽哩咕噜 (jīligūlū)
• 嘟嚕／嘟噜 (dūlu)
• 嘟嚕嘴／嘟噜嘴
• 噗嚕嚕／噗噜噜
• 嚕囌／噜苏 (lūsū)
• 打呼嚕／打呼噜
• 滴里嘟嚕
• 胡嚕／胡噜
• 都嚕／都噜

 

Etymology 2

trad.		嚕
simp.		噜
alternative forms		lu 𡀔

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to laa3?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lu³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lu³
    • Yale: lu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luː³³/

Particle

嚕

1. (Cantonese) Used at the end of a sentence to indicate relief due to change of state.

   終於做完嚕！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   终于做完噜！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   zung¹ jyu¹ zou⁶ jyun⁴ lu³! [Jyutping]

   Finally it's finished!

2. (Cantonese) Used at the end of a sentence to indicate disappointment due to change of state.

   啲錢用下用下，話咁快就用嗮嚕。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   啲钱用下用下，话咁快就用嗮噜。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   di¹ cin^4-2 jung⁶ haa⁵ jung⁶ haa⁵, waa⁶ gam³ faai³ zau⁶ jung⁶ saai³ lu³. [Jyutping]

   As (I) kept on spending money, it was quick before it has all been used up!

Japanese

Kanji

嚕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろ (ro)
• Kun: かたる (kataru, 嚕る); へつらう (hetsurau, 嚕う)

Korean

Hanja

嚕 • (ro) (hangeul 로, revised ro, McCune–Reischauer ro)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚕: Hán Nôm readings: lỗ, rủa, sủa, ruả

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