聖羅勒

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	basil
trad. (聖羅勒)		聖	羅勒
simp. (圣罗勒)		圣	罗勒

Etymology

Calque of English holy basil

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngluólè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ lo⁴ laak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngluólè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngluólè
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-lo²-lê⁴
    • Yale: shèng-lwó-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqluoleh
    • Palladius: шэнлолэ (šɛnlolɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ lo⁴ laak⁶
    • Yale: sing lòh laahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ lo⁴ laak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ lo⁴ lag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ lɔː²¹ laːk̚²/

Noun

聖羅勒

1. (botany, cooking) holy basil, tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum)

   Synonyms: 神羅勒 / 神罗勒 (shénluólè), 打拋 / 打抛 (dǎpāo), 嘎拋 / 嘎抛