The Chinese word for carrot is
胡萝卜
hú luó boChinese Definition
carrot | |
1. 正在编辑 | |
2. 胡萝卜 | |
Components | |
胡 | |
1. (obsolete) wattle; dewlap (fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of animals) | |
2. (obsolete) wattle-like object, such as pendent parts on implements | |
3. (literary) how; why; what | |
4. (historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders | |
胡人 - foreigner | |
5. (historical) countries and peoples in the Western Regions, including Persia, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India | |
6. (by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported | |
胡桃 - walnut | |
胡蘿蔔 - carrot | |
7. Short for 胡琴, huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples | |
二胡 - erhu | |
板胡 - banhu | |
8. (historical) State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the State of Chu in 496 BCE | |
9. (obsolete) black; dark-skinned | |
10. (obsolete) far; great; senior | |
11. outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly | |
胡說 - to talk nonsense | |
胡搞 - to mess around | |
^胡 ^錦-濤 - Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012 | |
12. Simplified form of 鬍 | |
13. Simplified form of 衚 | |
14. Variant of 葫 | |
15. Variant of 猢 | |
16. Variant of 蝴 | |
17. Variant of 糊 | |
萝 | |
1. Simplified form of 蘿 | |
卜 | |
1. to divine | |
2. (literary) to foretell; to predict | |
生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive | |
3. (literary) to choose | |
卜居 - to choose a place to live | |
4. Simplified form of 蔔 | |
5. Variant of 欲 |
Translations for 卜 and their definitions
胡蘿蔔 | |
1. n. carrot | |
胡蘿蔔 加 大 棒 政策 - carrot and stick policy | |
2. v. (Mainland, fandom slang) to flop |
胡萝卜 | |
1. Simplified form of 胡蘿蔔 |
紅蘿蔔 | |
1. n. carrot | |
2. n. red radish |
红萝卜 | |
1. Simplified form of 紅蘿蔔 |
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hú luó bo
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