膏腴

Chinese

		ointment; paste	fat on belly; fertile; rich
trad. (膏腴)		膏	腴
simp. #(膏腴)		膏	腴

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyú
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-yü²
    • Yale: gāu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauyu
    • Palladius: гаоюй (gaojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: gōu yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

Adjective

膏腴

1. (literary) fertile; rich
2. (literary) abundant
3. (literary) gorgeous; magnificent

Synonyms

• (fertile):

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• 富饒 / 富饶 (fùráo)
• 沃美 (wòměi) (literary)
• 沃腴 (wòyú) (literary)
• 肥沃 (féiwò)
• 肥美 (féiměi)
• 肥饒 / 肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fertile”): 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-lǔ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-lǔ
    • Tâi-lô: koo-lǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ lu²²/

Adjective

膏腴

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) wealthy; rich

Synonyms

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• 優裕 / 优裕 (yōuyù)
• 多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
• 好康 (Hokkien)
• 好額 / 好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
• 富有 (fùyǒu)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 富裕 (fùyù)
• 富貴 / 富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
• 富足 (fùzú)
• 寬綽 / 宽绰 (kuānchuò)
• 寬裕 / 宽裕 (kuānyù)
• 寬鬆 / 宽松 (kuānsōng)
• 有米 (jau⁵ mai⁵) (Cantonese)
• 有錢 / 有钱 (yǒuqián)
• 有鐳 / 有镭 (Hokkien)
• 殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
• 殷實 (yīnshí)
• 活潑 / 活泼 (huópō) (literary)
• 潤屋 / 润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
• 萬貫 / 万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
• 肥實 / 肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
• 肥饒 / 肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
• 腰裡橫 / 腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
• 華貴 / 华贵 (huáguì)
• 趁錢 / 趁钱 (chènqián) (Northeastern Mandarin, colloquial)
• 闊 / 阔 (kuò)