臘肉

See also: 腊肉

Chinese

		12th month of Chinese calendar; preserved (meat)	meat; flesh
trad. (臘肉)		臘	肉
simp. (腊肉)		腊	肉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): làròu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄖㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ juk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h-bah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: làròu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄖㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: làròu
  - Wade–Giles: la⁴-jou⁴
  - Yale: là-ròu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahrow
  - Palladius: лажоу (lažou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laap⁶ juk⁶
  - Yale: laahp yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² jʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-bah
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-bah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqbaq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ baʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ baʔ³²/

Etymology 1

Noun

臘肉

cured (pork) meat; salted and dried meat

Synonyms

(Jinhua) 鹽肉／盐肉
(Pingxiang) 熏肉

Descendants

→ Guiqiong: lhɐʐəu

Etymology 2

Referring to Mao's preserved corpse in the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong.

Proper noun

臘肉

(Internet slang, humorous, derogatory, sarcastic) Mao Zedong or his corpse

Synonyms

毛臘肉／毛腊肉 (Máo Làròu)

See also

包子 (bāozi)