"匏" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pʰaːu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pau²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /pau¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /pu²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /pu¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /pu²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA, Taipei]
Etymology: Cognate with 瓢 (OC *bew, “gourd; dried gourd ladle”), as well as Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”), whence Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”) (STEDT). Etymology templates: {{och-l|瓢|gourd; dried gourd ladle}} 瓢 (OC *bew, “gourd; dried gourd ladle”), {{cog|tbq-lob-pro|*pu|t=pumpkin, gourd}} Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”), {{cog|my|ဘူး|t=gourd}} Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 匏
  1. gourd
    Sense id: en-匏-zh-character-UxJbLCbB
  2. one of the eight categories of musical instruments in the Chinese bayin (八音) classification system, most prominently including mouth organs
    Sense id: en-匏-zh-character-RTdVVZJG Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 6 83 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 90 4 3 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 4 96 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 1 99 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 匏仔 (pû-á) [Min-Nan], 匏尊 (páozūn), 匏崙 (Páolún), 匏仑 (Páolún), 匏瓜 (páoguā), 匏繫 (páoxì), 匏系 (páoxì), 細漢偷挽匏,大漢偷牽牛 / 细汉偷挽匏,大汉偷牵牛 (sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû) [Min-Nan]
Synonyms: [Classical-Chinese], 葫蘆 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 葫蘆 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Harbin], 葫蘆 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Singapore], 葫蘆 [Jilu-Mandarin, Jinan], 葫蘆 [Jiaoliao-Mandarin, Yantai, Muping], 葫蘆 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Luoyang], 葫蘆 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Wanrong], 葫蘆 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xi'an], 葫蘆 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xining], 葫蘆 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xuzhou], 瓠子 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Xuzhou], 瓠子 [Central-Plains-Mandarin], 瓠子 [Central-Plains-Mandarin, Lianyungang], 瓠子 [Central-Plains-Mandarin], 葫蘆 [Lanyin-Mandarin, Yinchuan], 葫蘆 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Wuhan], 葫蘆 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Guiyang], 葫蘆 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Liuzhou], 葫蘆瓜 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Liuzhou], 葫蘆 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nanjing], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nanjing], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Yangzhou], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Lianyungang], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nantong], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin], 瓠子 [Jianghuai-Mandarin], 葫蘆 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 葫蘆瓜 [Cantonese], 葫蘆 [Cantonese], 葫蘆 [Cantonese, Dongguan], 葫蘆瓜 [Cantonese, Dongguan], 葫蘆 [Gan, Nanchang], 葫蘆 [Gan, Lichuan], 膨葫 [Gan, Lichuan], 葫蘆 [Gan, Pingxiang], 瓠仔 [Hakka, Miaoli], 瓠仔 [Hakka, Pingtung, Neipu], 瓠仔 [Hakka, Zhudong, Hailu], [Hakka, Taichung, Dongshi, Dabu], 瓠仔 [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], [Hakka, Qionglin, Raoping], 瓠子 [Hakka, Yunlin, Lunbei, Zhao'an], 葫蘆 [Huizhou, Jixi], 葫蘆 [Jin, Taiyuan], 葫蘆 [Jin, Xinzhou], 葫蘆瓠 [Min-Bei, Jian'ou], 葫蘆瓠 [Min-Dong, Fuzhou], 葫蘆瓠 [Min-Nan, Haikou], 葫蘆 [Southern-Pinghua, Nanning, Tingzi], 葫蘆 [Wu, Shanghai], 葫落 [Wu, Shanghai, Chongming], 葫蘆 [Wu, Suzhou], 扁蒲 [Wu, Suzhou], 葫蘆 [Wu], 葫蘆 [Wu], 葫蘆 [Wu], 葫蘆 [Wu, Danyang], 瓠則 [Wu, Danyang], 瓠則 [Wu, Nanjing], 葫蘆兒 [Wu, Hangzhou], 葫蘆 [Wu, Ningbo], 葫蘆 [Wu, Jinhua], 葫蘆瓜 [Xiang, Changsha]

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pû-á",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "匏仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "páozūn",
      "word": "匏尊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Páolún",
      "word": "匏崙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Páolún",
      "word": "匏仑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "páoguā",
      "word": "匏瓜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "páoxì",
      "word": "匏繫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "páoxì",
      "word": "匏系"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "細漢偷挽匏,大漢偷牽牛 / 细汉偷挽匏,大汉偷牵牛"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "瓢",
        "2": "gourd; dried gourd ladle"
      },
      "expansion": "瓢 (OC *bew, “gourd; dried gourd ladle”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tbq-lob-pro",
        "2": "*pu",
        "t": "pumpkin, gourd"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ဘူး",
        "t": "gourd"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with 瓢 (OC *bew, “gourd; dried gourd ladle”), as well as Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”), whence Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”) (STEDT).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "匏",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gourd"
      ],
      "id": "en-匏-zh-character-UxJbLCbB",
      "links": [
        [
          "gourd",
          "gourd"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 83 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 90 4 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one of the eight categories of musical instruments in the Chinese bayin (八音) classification system, most prominently including mouth organs"
      ],
      "id": "en-匏-zh-character-RTdVVZJG",
      "links": [
        [
          "instruments",
          "instruments"
        ],
        [
          "八音",
          "八音"
        ],
        [
          "mouth organ",
          "mouth organ"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páo (pao²)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pʻao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paur"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "пао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pàauh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pao⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰaːu̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "puu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baew"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*[b]ˤru/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*bruː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "瓠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Harbin"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jilu-Mandarin",
        "Jinan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jiaoliao-Mandarin",
        "Yantai",
        "Muping"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Luoyang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Wanrong"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xi'an"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xining"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pizhou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ganyu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Lianyungang"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Donghai"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Lanyin-Mandarin",
        "Yinchuan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Wuhan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Guiyang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Liuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Liuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Yangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Baoying"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Taizhou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Lianyungang"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Huai'an",
        "Huaiyin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xuyi"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nantong"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Rugao"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Yancheng"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Sihong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Dongguan"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Dongguan"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Lichuan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Lichuan"
      ],
      "word": "膨葫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Pingxiang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
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        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "S. Sixian"
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        "Hakka",
        "Pingtung",
        "Neipu"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Hsinchu County"
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        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Hsinchu County"
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
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        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Huizhou",
        "Jixi"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Xinzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Haikou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Pinghua",
        "Nanning",
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Chongming"
      ],
      "word": "葫落"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "word": "扁蒲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Wuxi"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Changshu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Changzhou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Danyang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Danyang"
      ],
      "word": "瓠則"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Gaochun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "瓠則"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Hangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Jinhua"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
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  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 匏",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese hanzi",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese hanzi",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh-pron usage missing POS"
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    {
      "roman": "pû-á",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "匏仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "páozūn",
      "word": "匏尊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Páolún",
      "word": "匏崙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Páolún",
      "word": "匏仑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "páoguā",
      "word": "匏瓜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "páoxì",
      "word": "匏繫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "páoxì",
      "word": "匏系"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "細漢偷挽匏,大漢偷牽牛 / 细汉偷挽匏,大汉偷牵牛"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "瓢",
        "2": "gourd; dried gourd ladle"
      },
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      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tbq-lob-pro",
        "2": "*pu",
        "t": "pumpkin, gourd"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ဘူး",
        "t": "gourd"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with 瓢 (OC *bew, “gourd; dried gourd ladle”), as well as Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pu (“pumpkin, gourd”), whence Burmese ဘူး (bhu:, “gourd”) (STEDT).",
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "gourd"
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        [
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          "gourd"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instruments",
          "instruments"
        ],
        [
          "八音",
          "八音"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄠˊ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pʻao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paur"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pao",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "пао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pàauh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pao⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰaːu̯²¹/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "paau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pû"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "puu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baew"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*[b]ˤru/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*bruː/"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "瓠"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
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        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Harbin"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Jilu-Mandarin",
        "Jinan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jiaoliao-Mandarin",
        "Yantai",
        "Muping"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Luoyang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Wanrong"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xi'an"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xining"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Xuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pizhou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ganyu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin",
        "Lianyungang"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Donghai"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Central-Plains-Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Lanyin-Mandarin",
        "Yinchuan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Wuhan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Guiyang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Liuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Liuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓜"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
        "Yangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
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    {
      "raw_tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
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    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Taizhou"
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "Lianyungang"
      ],
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    {
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        "Huaiyin"
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        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
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        "Jianghuai-Mandarin",
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        "Sihong"
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      "tags": [
        "Jianghuai-Mandarin"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese"
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    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Dongguan"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Dongguan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓜"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Lichuan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Lichuan"
      ],
      "word": "膨葫"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Pingxiang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "N. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli"
      ],
      "word": "瓠仔"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "S. Sixian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Pingtung",
        "Neipu"
      ],
      "word": "瓠仔"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hailu"
      ],
      "word": "瓠仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung",
        "Dongshi",
        "Dabu"
      ],
      "word": "瓠"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "瓠仔"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hsinchu County"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "瓠"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin",
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "瓠子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Huizhou",
        "Jixi"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Xinzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Bei",
        "Jian'ou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓠"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓠"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Haikou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓠"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Pinghua",
        "Nanning",
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai",
        "Chongming"
      ],
      "word": "葫落"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "word": "扁蒲"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wuxi"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Changshu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Changzhou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Danyang"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Danyang"
      ],
      "word": "瓠則"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Gaochun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Nanjing"
      ],
      "word": "瓠則"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Hangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆兒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Ningbo"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Jinhua"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Changsha"
      ],
      "word": "葫蘆瓜"
    }
  ],
  "word": "匏"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 匏 meaning in Chinese (9.3kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <ul> not properly closed",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Chinese",
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  "title": "匏",
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