蘆葦

See also: 芦苇

Chinese

		rush; reed; Phragmites communis	reed; rush; Phragmites communis
trad. (蘆葦)		蘆	葦
simp. (芦苇)		芦	苇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lúwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu² wei² / nu² wei³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ wai⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lù-ví
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘-úi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lu-we

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúwěi
    • Wade–Giles: lu²-wei³
    • Yale: lú-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luwoei
    • Palladius: лувэй (luvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nu² wei² / nu² wei³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: luwi / luwi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu²¹ uei²¹/, /nu²¹ uei⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ wai⁵
    • Yale: lòuh wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ wɐi̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lù-ví
    • Hakka Romanization System: luˇ vi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu² vi³
    • Sinological IPA: /lu¹¹ vi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-úi
    • Tâi-lô: lôo-uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo'uie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² ui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ¹³⁻²² ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³⁻³³ ui⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu-we
    • MiniDict: lu^去 we
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu-hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²² ɦue⁴⁴/

Noun

蘆葦

1. common reed (Phragmites)

   • 壓傷的蘆葦，他不折斷；將殘的燈火，他不吹滅。他憑真實將公理傳開。 [MSC, trad.]
     压伤的芦苇，他不折断；将残的灯火，他不吹灭。他凭真实将公理传开。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 以賽亞書 (Isaiah) 42:3

     Yāshāng de lúwěi, tā bù zhéduàn; jiāng cán de dēnghuǒ, tā bù chuīmiè. Tā píng zhēnshí jiāng gōnglǐ chuánkāi. [Pinyin]

     A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Synonyms

• (Jin) 葦子
• (Hakka) 網仔／网仔
• (Eastern Min) 菅菁, 菁
• (Hokkien) 菅芒
• (Wu) 蘆頭／芦头

Derived terms

• 不上蘆葦／不上芦苇
• 蘆葦筆／芦苇笔