蘿蔔招聘

Chinese

		radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish; carrot	to invite applications for a job; to recruit; to advertise a position
trad. (蘿蔔招聘)		蘿蔔	招聘
simp. (萝卜招聘)		萝卜	招聘
Literally: “radish recruitment”.

Etymology

A reference to the idiom 一個蘿蔔一個坑／一个萝卜一个坑 (yī gè luóbo yī gè kēng), “there is a pit for every radish”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luóbo zhāopìn, luóbo zhāopìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄧㄣˋ, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luóbo zhāopìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luóbo̊ jhaopìn
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-po⁵ chao¹-pʻin⁴
    • Yale: lwó-bwo jāu-pìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo.bo jaupinn
    • Palladius: лобо чжаопинь (lobo čžaopinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luóbo zhāopìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luóbo̊ jhaopìng
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-po⁵ chao¹-pʻing⁴
    • Yale: lwó-bwo jāu-pìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo.bo jaupinq
    • Palladius: лобо чжаопин (lobo čžaopin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

蘿蔔招聘

1. (figurative, neologism, slang) recruitment designed to catch a particular candidate