風呂

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	surname
trad. (風呂)		風	呂
simp. (风吕)		风	吕

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 風呂(ふろ) (furo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnglǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄌㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ leoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnglǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄌㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fonglyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-lü³
  - Yale: fēng-lyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengleu
  - Palladius: фэнлюй (fɛnljuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ leoi⁵
  - Yale: fūng léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/

Noun

風呂

Japanese-style bath
- 2025, “夏日之子 [Boundless]”, 林夕 [Lin Xi] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music), performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
  
  天主宰天氣　偏要泡熱燙風呂　要半夏和風吹 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  天主宰天气　偏要泡热烫风吕　要半夏和风吹 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  tin¹ zyu² zoi² tin¹ hei³, pin¹ jiu³ paau³ jit⁶ tong³ fung¹ leoi⁵, jiu³ bun³ haa⁶ wo⁴ fung¹ ceoi¹ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 風呂(ふろ) (furo).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-lo͘h / hú-loh

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-lo͘h
  - Tâi-lô: hú-looh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwloq
  - IPA (Lukang): /hu⁵⁵⁻³⁵ lɔʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔʔ³²/
  - IPA (Tainan): /hu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lɔʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-loh
  - Tâi-lô: hú-loh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hwloiq
  - IPA (Yilan): /hu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loʔ²/

Noun

風呂

(Taiwanese Hokkien) bathtub

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	呂
ふ Grade: 2 (ateji)	ろ Grade: S (ateji)
goon

Etymology

Shift from 室 (muro, “cellar”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふろ [fùróꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[2]^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) ふろ [fúꜜrò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾo̞]

Noun

風(ふ)呂(ろ) • (furo)

bath; bathtub
- 2008 October 8, Saki Hasemi with Yabuki, Kentaro, “とらぶる94　とらぶるくえすと２ [TLOVEl 94: TLOVEl Quest 2]”, in ＴｏＬＯＶＥる　—とらぶる— [ToLOVEru —TLOVEl—], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 123:
  
  ゲームのキャラがお風(ふ)呂(ろ)入(はい)るなんておかしいと思(おも)う？
  Gēmu no kyara ga ofuro hairu nan te okashī to omō?
  Don’t you think it’s weird that a video game character takes a fancy bath?

Synonyms

バス (basu)
浴場(よくじょう) (yokujō)

Derived terms

風呂(ふろ)椅子(いす) (furo isu, “bath stool”)
風(ふ)呂(ろ)銭(せん) (furosen)
風(ふ)呂(ろ)焚(た)き (furotaki)
風(ふ)呂(ろ)場(ば) (furoba, “bathroom”)
風(ふ)呂(ろ)屋(や) (furoya, “public bath”)
朝(あさ)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (asaburo, “morning bath”)
石(いし)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (ishiburo)
内(うち)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (uchiburo)
桶(おけ)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (okeburo)
空(から)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (karaburo)
楽(がく)屋(や)風呂(ぶろ) (gakuya buro)
塩(しお)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (shioburo)
外(そと)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (sotoburo)
長(なが)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (nagaburo)
野(の)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (noburo)
野(の)天(てん)風呂(ぶろ) (noten buro)
初(はつ)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (hatsuburo)
日(ひ)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (hiburo)
一(ひと)風(ふ)呂(ろ) (hitofuro)
露(ろ)天(てん)風呂(ぶろ) (roten buro, “outdoor bath”)

References

^ “風呂”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

The furo entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)