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葫芦 meaning in English

húlu

calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist

Traditional 葫蘆19 strokes

Meaning of 葫芦

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

húlu
  1. calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
  2. hoist
  3. generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
  4. muddled
  5. (poker) full house

葫芦 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā葫hú芦lú里lǐ不bù知zhī卖mài的de是shì什shén么me药yào？
I wonder what he's up to.
姐jiě姐jiě在zài市shì场chǎng买mǎi了le一yì点diǎn茄qié子zi、土tǔ豆dòu、西xī葫hú芦lú和hé大dà白bái菜cài。
Our sister bought some eggplants, potatoes, zucchinis and Chinese cabbage at the market.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

葫 hú · bottle-gourd · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
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  8. 8
  9. 9
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  11. 11
  12. 12

芦 lú · rushes · 7 strokes

  1. 1
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  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 葫芦.

芦花lúhuāreed catkin; reed flower
芦笋lúsǔnasparagus; edible young shoots of reeds

Questions about 葫芦

What does 葫芦 mean?

葫芦 (húlu) means "calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist".

How do you write 葫芦?

葫芦 is made of 2 characters: 葫 (12 strokes), 芦 (7 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 葫芦 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 葫芦 is written 葫蘆.