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呼啦圈

呼啦圈

Chinese

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

Noun

呼啦圈

(chiefly Mainland) hula hoop

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hūlāquān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄌㄚㄑㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ laa¹ 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 laa¹ hyun¹
  - Yale: fū lā hyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ laa¹ hyn¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ lɑː⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/