茅廬

Chinese

		thatch	hut
trad. (茅廬)		茅	廬
simp. (茅庐)		茅	庐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máolú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ lou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mâu-lô͘ / mâu-lû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máolú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máolú
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-lu²
    • Yale: máu-lú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maulu
    • Palladius: маолу (maolu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ lu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máolúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máolúr
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-lu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: máu-lúr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maulul
    • Palladius: маолур (maolur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ luɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁴ lou⁴
    • Yale: màauh lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹ lou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: mâu-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mauloo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãu²³⁻³³ lɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãu²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu-lû
    • Tâi-lô: mâu-lû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mauluu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãu²⁴⁻²² lu²⁴/

Noun

茅廬

1. (formal, literal) thatched cottage
2. (formal, figurative) shabby house

Synonyms

• (thatched cottage):

• 庵子 (ānzi) (regional)
• 茅厝 (mê-chio̤̿) (Northern Min)
• 茅屋 (máowū)
• 茅舍 (máoshè) (formal)
• 草厝仔 (Hokkien)
• 草屋 (cǎowū)

 

Derived terms

• 三顧茅廬／三顾茅庐 (sāngùmáolú)
• 初出茅廬／初出茅庐 (chūchūmáolú)
• 茅廬三顧／茅庐三顾