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The Chinese word for carrot is
胡萝卜

hú luó bo



carrot

Chinese Definition


carrot
     1. 正在编辑
     2. 胡萝卜
Components
     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
     1. Simplified form of 蘿
     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 and their definitions

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


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


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Pronunciation


hú luó bo

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