茅廬

Chinese

		thatch	hut
trad. (茅廬)		茅	廬
simp. (茅庐)		茅	庐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máolú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ lou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mâu-lô͘ / mâu-lû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máolú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máolú
  - Wade–Giles: mao²-lu²
  - Yale: máu-lú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maulu
  - Palladius: маолу (maolu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ lu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máolúr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máolúr
  - Wade–Giles: mao²-lu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: máu-lúr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maulul
  - Palladius: маолур (maolur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ luɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau⁴ lou⁴
  - Yale: màauh lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹ lou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: mâu-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mauloo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãu²³⁻³³ lɔ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mãu²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu-lû
  - Tâi-lô: mâu-lû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mauluu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mãu²⁴⁻²² lu²⁴/

Noun

茅廬

(formal, literal) thatched cottage
(formal, figurative) shabby house

Synonyms

(thatched cottage):

庵子 (ānzi) (regional)
茅厝 (mê-chio̤̿) (Northern Min)
茅寮
茅屋 (máowū)
茅舍 (máoshè) (formal)
草厝 (Puxian Min)
草厝仔 (Hokkien)
草屋 (cǎowū)

Derived terms

三顧茅廬 / 三顾茅庐 (sāngùmáolú)
初出茅廬 / 初出茅庐 (chūchūmáolú)
茅廬三顧 / 茅庐三顾