呼啦圈

Chinese

			circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
trad. (呼啦圈)		呼啦	圈
simp. #(呼啦圈)		呼啦	圈
alternative forms		呼拉圈 more common in Taiwan and Hong Kong

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English hula 圈 (quān, “hoop”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūlāquān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄑㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ laa¹ hyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūlāquān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hulacyuan
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-la¹-chʻüan¹
    • Yale: hū-lā-chywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hulhachiuan
    • Palladius: хулацюань (xulacjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūlāquānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄑㄩㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hulacyuanr
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-la¹-chʻüan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: hū-lā-chywānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hulhachiual
    • Palladius: хулацюаньр (xulacjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹ laa¹ hyun¹
    • Yale: fū lā hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ laa¹ hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ la¹ hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ laː⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

呼啦圈

1. (chiefly Mainland China) hula hoop