虎不拉

虎不拉

Chinese

		tiger	not; no	to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw
trad. (虎不拉)		虎	不	拉
simp. #(虎不拉)		虎	不	拉
alternative forms		胡伯剌 戶巴臘／户巴腊 呼伯喇

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùbulǎ, hùbalǎ, hùbolǎ, hǔbulā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄚˇ, ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚˇ, ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄌㄚˇ, ㄏㄨˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² bat¹ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: hùbulǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhbulaa
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùbůlǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ b̥u¹ lä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Pinyin: hùbalǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhbulaa
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùbålǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ b̥ä¹ lä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Pinyin: hùbolǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄌㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhbulaa
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùbo̊lǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ b̥wɔ¹ lä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǔbulā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huubulha
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔbůla
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² bat¹ laai¹
    • Yale: fú bāt lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² bat⁷ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² bed¹ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ läːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

虎不拉

1. (chiefly dialectal Mandarin) shrike

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 伯勞 (“shrike”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鶪, 伯勞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伯勞
Taxonomic name		伯勞
Mandarin	Beijing	虎不拉
	Taiwan	伯勞, 伯勞鳥
Cantonese	Hong Kong	伯勞
Min Nan	Xiamen	伯勞
	Taipei	伯勞
	Kaohsiung	伯勞仔
	Tainan	臭伯勞仔
	Sanxia	伯勞

Adjective

虎不拉

1. (Beijing) rude and unreasonable

Synonyms

• 蠻橫／蛮横 (mánhèng)