虎不拉

Chinese

		tiger	not; no	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw
trad. (虎不拉)		虎	不	拉
simp. #(虎不拉)		虎	不	拉
alternative forms		胡伯剌 戶巴臘／户巴腊 呼伯喇

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùbulǎ, hùbalǎ, hùbolǎ, hǔbulā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄚˇ, ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚˇ, ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄌㄚˇ, ㄏㄨˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² bat¹ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùbulǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùbůlǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-pu⁵-la³
    • Yale: hù-bu-lǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhbulaa
    • Palladius: хубула (xubula)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ b̥u¹ lä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùbalǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùbålǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-pa⁵-la³
    • Yale: hù-ba-lǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhbulaa
    • Palladius: хубала (xubala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ b̥ä¹ lä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùbolǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄌㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùbo̊lǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-po⁵-la³
    • Yale: hù-bwo-lǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhbulaa
    • Palladius: хубола (xubola)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ b̥u̯ɔ¹ lä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔbulā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔbůla
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-pu⁵-la¹
    • Yale: hǔ-bu-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huubulha
    • Palladius: хубула (xubula)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² bat¹ laai¹
    • Yale: fú bāt lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² bat⁷ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² bed¹ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

虎不拉

1. (chiefly dialectal Mandarin) shrike

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯勞 (“shrike”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鶪, 鵙, 鴃, 伯勞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯勞
Taxonomic name		伯勞
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	虎不拉
	Taiwan	伯勞, 伯勞鳥
Cantonese	Hong Kong	伯勞
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	伯勞嫲, 鴃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	伯勞嫲, 伯勞仔, 鴃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	伯勞嫲, 鴃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	伯勞嫲, 鴃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	伯勞嫲, 鴃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	伯勞, 伯勞嘴, 鴃
Southern Min	Xiamen	伯勞
	Taipei	伯勞
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	伯勞
	Kaohsiung	伯勞仔
	Tainan	臭伯勞仔

Adjective

虎不拉

1. (Beijing Mandarin) rude and unreasonable

Synonyms

• 蠻橫／蛮横 (mánhèng)