葫芦

Traditional (Taiwan): 葫蘆

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húlu ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ

- calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
- hoist
- generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
- muddled
- full house
  poker

Character by character

葫(hú)
芦(lu)rush

Classifiers (measure words)

calabash or bottle gourd

Usually

一个葫芦 gè one gourd

Less often

一架葫芦 jià one trellis of gourds

hoist

一个葫芦 gè one gourd

generic term for block and tackle

一个葫芦 gè one gourd

Other words read húlu

hulu with other tones

呼噜 hūlū cat purring

Words with 葫芦

Starting with 葫芦

葫芦岛市 húlúdǎoshì Huludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省 liáoníngshěng
葫芦丝 húlúsī hulusi, aka cucurbit flute
葫芦巴 húlúbā fenugreek
葫芦里卖的是什么药 húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào what's going on?

Ending with 葫芦

冰糖葫芦 bīngtánghúlu tanghulu
水葫芦 shuǐhúlu water hyacinth
糖葫芦 tánghúlu tanghulu
闷葫芦 mènhúlu lit. closed gourd
西葫芦 xīhúlu zucchini

All 14 words ending with 葫芦

Containing 葫芦

照葫芦画瓢 zhàohúluhuàpiáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model
依葫芦画瓢 yīhúluhuàpiáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model
宝葫芦的秘密 bǎohúludemìmì Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 张天翼 zhāngtiānyì
按下葫芦浮起瓢 ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo solve one problem only to find another cropping up

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