夢露

Chinese

		to dream	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
trad. (夢露)		夢	露
simp. (梦露)		梦	露

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Monroe.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mènglù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁶ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mènglù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mènglù
    • Wade–Giles: Mêng⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: Mèng-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Menqluh
    • Palladius: Мэнлу (Mɛnlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁶ lou⁶
    • Yale: muhng louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁶ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁶ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²² lou̯²²/

Proper noun

夢露

1. Monroe (surname)

Usage notes

This translation is usually only used in 瑪麗蓮·夢露/玛丽莲·梦露 (“Marilyn Monroe”). For other names, 門羅／门罗 (Ménluó) is used.