DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

寶葫蘆

简宝葫芦 · 繁寶葫蘆

Mandarin · pinyin bǎo hú lu

magic gourd, granting your every wish

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

寶: Look up this written character
葫: hú · bottle-gourd
蘆: Look up this written character
宝: bǎo · treasure, jewel; precious, rare
芦: lú · rushes, reeds

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–5 · bao3 hu2 lu5

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character 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.

寶葫蘆 · find source passages ↗ · 宝葫芦 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗