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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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Pronunciation


hú luó bo

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