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呼拉圈

呼拉圈

Chinese

			circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
simp. and trad. (呼拉圈)		呼拉	圈
alt. forms		呼啦圈 standard in Mainland

Noun

呼拉圈

(chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong) hula hoop

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hūlāquān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄌㄚㄑㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ laai¹ hyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: hūlāquān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄌㄚㄑㄩㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hulhachiuan
  - IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ la̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    呼啦圈
    呼拉圈
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: hūlāquānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄌㄚㄑㄩㄢㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hulhachiual
  - IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ la̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰɥɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ laai¹ hyun¹
  - Yale: fū lāai hyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ laai¹ hyn¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ lɑːi̯⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/