DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

努瓜婁發

简努瓜娄发 · 繁努瓜婁發

Mandarin · pinyin Nǔ guā lóu fā

Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga (Tw)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

努: nǔ · to exert, strive, make an effort; to pout
瓜: guā · melon, gourd, cucumber; Kangxi radical 97
婁: Look up this written character
發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
娄: lóu · surname; a constellation; to wear
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–1–2–1 · Nu3 gua1 lou2 fa1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

6character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

努瓜婁發 · find source passages ↗ · 努瓜娄发 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗