囫圇

囫圇

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (囫圇)		囫	圇
simp. (囫囵)		囫	囵
alternative forms		鶻崙 鶻淪／鹘沦 whole 鶻圇／鹘囵 whole

Etymology

Probably a compound from 渾 (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ, “complete, whole”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): húlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хўлун (hwlun, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ leon⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): hueh⁴ lung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húlún
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-lun²
    • Yale: hú-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuluen
    • Palladius: хулунь (xulunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ lwən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хўлун (hwlun, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²⁴ luŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹ leon⁴
    • Yale: fāt lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵ lɵn²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hueh⁴ lung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ lũŋ¹¹/

Adjective

囫圇

1. complete; whole
2. sweeping and vague

Synonyms

• (complete):

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Synonyms of 囫圇

全 (quán) 全部 (quánbù) (attributive) 加尼 (Min Nan) 十足 (shízú) 完 (wán) 完全 (wánquán) 完具 (wánjù) (literary) 完整 (wánzhěng) 整 (zhěng) 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)

俱備／俱备 (jùbèi) (literary) 全備／全备 (quánbèi) 囫圇個／囫囵个 (húlúngè) (colloquial) 完備／完备 (wánbèi) 整個／整个 (zhěnggè) (attributive) 整齊／整齐 (zhěngqí) 渾然／浑然 (húnrán) 滿／满 (mǎn) 齊備／齐备 (qíbèi) 齊全／齐全 (qíquán)

Derived terms

囫圇個兒／囫囵个儿 囫圇半片／囫囵半片 囫圇吞棗／囫囵吞枣 (húlúntūnzǎo) 囫圇睡／囫囵睡 囫圇竹／囫囵竹

囫圇粥／囫囵粥 囫圇覺／囫囵觉 囫圇課／囫囵课 囫圇謎／囫囵谜

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (囫圇):

• → Korean: 홀륜(囫圇) (hollyun)