膏腴

Chinese

		ointment; paste	fat on belly; fertile; rich
trad. (膏腴)		膏	腴
simp. ^#(膏腴)		膏	腴

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāoyú

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ jyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyú
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-yü²
  - Yale: gāu-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauyu
  - Palladius: гаоюй (gaojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    膏腴
    高於 / 高于
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ jyu⁴
  - Yale: gōu yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

Adjective

膏腴

(literary) fertile; rich
(literary) abundant
(literary) gorgeous; magnificent

Synonyms

(fertile):

富饒 / 富饶 (fùráo)
沃美 (wòměi) (literary)
沃腴 (wòyú) (literary)
肥沃 (féiwò)
肥美 (féiměi)
肥饒 / 肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “fertile”): 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-lǔ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-lǔ
  - Tâi-lô: koo-lǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ lu²²/

Adjective

膏腴

(Quanzhou Hokkien) wealthy; rich

Synonyms

優裕 / 优裕 (yōuyù)
多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
好康 (Hokkien)
好額 / 好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
富有 (fùyǒu)
富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
富裕 (fùyù)
富貴 / 富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
富足 (fùzú)
寬綽 / 宽绰 (kuānchuò)
寬裕 / 宽裕 (kuānyù)
寬鬆 / 宽松 (kuānsōng)
有米 (jau⁵ mai⁵) (Cantonese)
有錢 / 有钱 (yǒuqián)
有鐳 / 有镭 (Hokkien)
有額 / 有额 (Hokkien)
殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
殷實 (yīnshí)
活潑 / 活泼 (huópō) (literary)
潤屋 / 润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
萬貫 / 万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
肥實 / 肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
肥饒 / 肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
腰裡橫 / 腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
華貴 / 华贵 (huáguì)
趁錢 / 趁钱 (chènqián) (Northeastern Mandarin, colloquial)
闊 / 阔 (kuò)