阿薩布魯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿薩布魯)		阿	薩	布	魯
simp. (阿萨布鲁)		阿	萨	布	鲁

Alternative forms

阿撒不魯／阿撒不鲁 (āsǎbùlǔ)
阿撒布魯／阿撒布鲁 (āsǎbùlǔ)
阿沙不魯／阿沙不鲁 (a-sa-puh-luh) (Hokkien)
阿薩不魯／阿萨不鲁 (āsàbùlǔ)

Etymology

Semantic shift from Japanese 朝(あさ)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (asaburo, “morning bath”), which are usually a luxury taken at an onsen, and were seen as a sign of laziness typical of the unemployed during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āsàbùlǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄙㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āsàbùlǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄙㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: asàbùlǔ
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-sa⁴-pu⁴-lu³
  - Yale: ā-sà-bù-lǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: asahbuhluu
  - Palladius: асабулу (asabulu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

阿薩布魯

(Taiwanese Mandarin) messy; unruly; unreasonable; crude

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