蒲牢

Chinese

		calamus	firm; fast
trad. (蒲牢)		蒲	牢
simp. #(蒲牢)		蒲	牢

蒲牢 (púláo): a pulao.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): púláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pô͘-lô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pu⁵ lo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: púláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: púláo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-lao²
    • Yale: pú-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwulau
    • Palladius: пулао (pulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘-lô
    • Tâi-lô: pôo-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: polooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³⁻³³ lɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pu⁵ lo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phû lô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bu law

Rime
Character	蒲	牢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	薄胡切	魯刀切
Baxter	bu	law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/	/lɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/	/lɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/	/lɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/	/law/
Li Rong	/bo/	/lɑu/
Wang Li	/bu/	/lɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuo/	/lɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú	láo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou4	lou4

Noun

蒲牢

1. (Chinese mythology) pulao (a kind of shore-dwelling dragon, often depicted on top of bells)

Coordinate terms

• ("sons of the dragon", creatures found in decorations): 贔屭 / 赑屃 (bìxì), 霸下 (bàxià), 𧈢𧏡 (bàxià), 螭虎 (chīhǔ), 饕餮 (tāotiè), 蜥蜴 (xīyì), 睚眥 / 睚眦 (yázì), 鴟吻 / 鸱吻 (chīwěn), 虭蛥 (diāoshé), 嘲風 / 嘲风 (cháofēng), 狻猊 (suānní), 狴犴 (bì'àn), 椒圖 / 椒图 (jiāotú), 金吾 (jīnwú), 囚牛 (qiúniú)