樹窿

Chinese

		tree	cavity; hole
trad. (樹窿)		樹	窿
simp. (树窿)		树	窿

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶ lung^4-1

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁶ lung^4-1
    • Yale: syuh lūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶ lung^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶ lung^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²² lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

樹窿

1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) tree hollow (Classifier: 個／个 c)
   • 2018, 梁偉洛, 《幻城》, Hong Kong: 立夏文創, →ISBN, page 98:

     重有一種講法，唔係用貓，係擺個未滿月嘅蘇蝦入個樹窿度，睇佢喊唔喊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     重有一种讲法，唔系用猫，系摆个未满月嘅苏虾入个树窿度，睇佢喊唔喊。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zung⁶ jau⁵ jat¹ zung² gong² faat³, m⁴ hai⁶ jung⁶ maau¹, hai⁶ baai² go³ mei⁶ mun⁵ jyut⁶ ge³ sou¹ haa¹ jap⁶ go³ syu⁶ lung^4-1 dou⁶, tai² keoi⁵ haam³ m⁴ haam³. [Jyutping]

     There is yet another version, which doesn't use a cat, where someone puts a baby less than one month old into a tree hollow and sees if it cries.

2. (Cantonese, figurative) someone who listens to one's problems and keeps them secret; confidant; a shoulder to cry on (Classifier: 個／个 c)
   • 2018, LLH, 《我迷失在這場單身遊戲》, Hong Kong: 知出版社 [Cognizance Publishing], →ISBN, page 69:

     兩個人最開心最滿足其中一樣莫過於係可以互相分享同做大家嘅樹窿，有咩是非八卦一齊笑一齊食花生，今日出門遇到大小事都可以做話題傾好耐，講吓不切實際嘅無聊嘢，一齊講吓理想，先係理想相處之道。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     两个人最开心最满足其中一样莫过于系可以互相分享同做大家嘅树窿，有咩是非八卦一齐笑一齐食花生，今日出门遇到大小事都可以做话题倾好耐，讲吓不切实际嘅无聊嘢，一齐讲吓理想，先系理想相处之道。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     loeng⁵ go³ jan⁴ zeoi³ hoi¹ sam¹ zeoi³ mun⁵ zuk¹ kei⁴ zung¹ jat¹ joeng⁶ mok⁶ gwo³ jyu¹ hai⁶ ho² ji⁵ wu⁶ soeng¹ fan¹ hoeng² tung⁴ zou⁶ daai⁶ gaa¹ ge³ syu⁶ lung^4-1, jau⁵ me¹ si⁶ fei¹ baat³ gwaa³ jat¹ cai⁴ siu³ jat¹ cai⁴ sik⁶ faa¹ saang¹, gam¹ jat⁶ ceot¹ mun⁴ jyu⁶ dou² daai⁶ siu² si⁶ dou¹ ho² ji⁵ zou⁶ waa⁶ tai⁴ king¹ hou² noi⁶, gong² haa⁵ bat¹ cit³ sat⁶ zai³ ge³ mou⁴ liu⁴ je⁵, jat¹ cai⁴ gong² haa⁵ lei⁵ soeng², sin¹ hai⁶ lei⁵ soeng² soeng¹ cyu² zi¹ dou⁶. [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 樹洞 (“tree hollow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樹洞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	樹洞
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	樹窿
Cantonese	Hong Kong	樹窿
Gan	Lichuan	樹洞
Hakka	Meixian	樹窿空
Southern Min	Leizhou	樹甕