# Lulu
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluːluː/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːlu

### Etymology 1

diminutive of Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa, .... From given names with the first syllable of "lu", "lou", thence reduplicated.

#### Alternative forms

* Loulou

#### Proper noun

Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)
* A female given name.
** 1860, Minnie S. Davis, “The Rival School-Mates”, in The Ladies' Repository, volumes 28-29, A. Tompkins, page 500:"Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?"
** 1920, Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett:There emerged from the fringe of things, where she perpetually hovered, Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lulu Bett, who was "making her home with us." And that was precisely the case. They were not making her a home, goodness knows. Lulu was the family beast of burden.
** A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, or Lucille.

##### Usage notes

* Fairly popular as a formal given name in the latter half of the 19th century.

##### Related terms

* Lou
* Lu

### Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露, 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name.
* From Mandarin Lù Lù, Lù-Lù, Lù-lù, Lùlù / Lu4lu4 / ㄌㄨˋㄌㄨˋ; in turn from Lù/lù, ㄌㄨˋ, Lu4/lu4. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH
* From Cantonese Lou6lou6; in turn from Lou6/lou6. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH
* From Taishanese Lu5lu5; in turn from Lu5/lu5. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH

#### Alternative forms

* Lu Lu, Lu-Lu, Lu-lu, Lou Lou, Lou-Lou, Lou-lou, Loulou

#### Proper noun

Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)
* A female given name from Chinese (Should we delete this sense?)

#### See also

* Lou
* Lu

### Etymology 3

From Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ, literally “pearl”).

#### Proper noun

Lulu (plural Lulus)
* A unisex given name from Arabic.
** A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl.

#### See also

* Lou
* Loulou
* Lu

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English Lulu, name of a character appearing in a TVB drama 《兄兄我我》 (1992).

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): lu$^1$ lu$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lu$^1$ lu$^4$
*** Yale: lū lùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lu$^1$ lu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lu$^1$ lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /luː⁵⁵ luː²¹/

### Noun

Lulu
* (Cantonese, slang, dated) idiot
       nei$^5$ mai$^5$ dong$^3$ ngo$^5$ lu$^1$ lu$^4$ wo$^3$! [Jyutping]
       Don't treat me as an idiot!
** 1998 September 5, Samuel ICQ-5059101, “SWAT2”, in hk.rec.videogame‎ (Usenet):
       min$^6$ deoi$^3$ min$^6$ jat$^1$ go$^3$ caak$^{6-2}$ ho$^2$ ji$^5$ daa$^2$ sei$^2$ gei$^2$ go$^3$ ging$^2$ caat$^3$, dong$^3$ jan$^4$ lu$^1$ lu$^4$ aa$^4$! [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2000 June 8, Kit傑, “Re : 屎坑 <--改改”, in hk.rec.horse-racing‎ (Usenet):梗係買佢揀剩o個o的喇.. 唔好當我 lulu 啊..._(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2000, “父母不在家（上）”, in 外来媳妇本地郎‎, season 1, episode 129, spoken by 苏妙婵 (虎艳芬):
       nei$^1$ baan$^1$ je$^5$ gam$^3$ saa$^1$ can$^4$ haa$^6$ waa$^5$? nei$^5$ dong$^3$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ saam$^1$ go$^3$ lu$^1$ lu$^4$ aa$^4$? [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2001 March 30, Tam, “大陸有線解碼邊隻收得最好?”, in hk.comp.pc‎ (Usenet):上深圳買解碼器十部有九部壞,想唔叫妳做lulu都唔得(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2017, 歐陽偉豪, Ben Sir 成語大學堂 1‎, →ISBN, page 19:
       jat$^1$ gan$^1$ sek$^6$ tau$^4$ cung$^5$ ding$^6$ hai$^6$ jat$^1$ gan$^1$ min$^4$ faa$^1$ cung$^5$? loeng$^5$ go$^3$ jat$^1$ joeng$^6$ cung$^5$ lo$^1$, mai$^5$ dong$^3$ ngo$^5$ lu$^1$ lu$^4$ sin$^1$ dak$^1$ gaa$^2$! [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傻子, 傻瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 傻狗兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 傻子, 傻瓜, 凱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 傻子, 傻狍子, 傻錛兒錛兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 傻瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 傻瓜, 傻子, 呆子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 傻瓜, 傻屌, 傻膀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 傻子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 傻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哈巴兒, 哈娃兒, 嘻瓜娃兒, 吞兒寶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哈崽, 哈卵 vulgar |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 傻崽, 哈崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 傻崽, 哈崽, 憨崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 痴崽, 癲崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 楞人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 傻瓜, 憨包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 傻瓜, 笨蛋, 憨包, 包人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 傻瓜, 憨人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 傻子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 傻瓜, 阿傻, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 戇居仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傻瓜, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 傻妹 girl, 死蠢, kai子 dated slang, Lulu dated slang, Robert male, dated slang, Robert仔 male, dated slang, 孟加拉 dated slang |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 懵佬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 傻佬, 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 傻仔, 蠢仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 吽仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 吽仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy, 懵女 girl |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 傻瓜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 傻佬, 傻婆, 廢佬 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蟬頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 傻瓜, 戇牯, 傻貨, 傻仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 傻佬 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 傻佬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 傻子, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 傻瓜子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 賴仔, 賴撇仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 戇儂, 歁囝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 戇儂 GT, 戇猴 GT, 宋盼的 GT, 盼仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 戇儂, 戇虎的 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 戇儂, 戇居, 柴頭, 戇囝, 傻仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 戇囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 山猴, 戇戇鬼, 洽洽仔, 三八儂, ka-mú-tī, 大番薯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 傻瓜, 㦙囝, 傻哥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 妃松, 老松, 山邁 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 傻囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 傻佬 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 傻佬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 傻崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 戇人, 阿戇, 踱頭, 壽頭, 戇浮屍 vulgar |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哈寶, 苕它, 蠢人子, 蠢寶, 痴呆子, 哈卵 vulgar |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哈寶, 哈聖, 哈子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Coordinate terms

* Robert

## German
### Etymology 1

From a diminutive of Luise and other female names beginning with Lu-.

#### Proper noun

Lulu
* a female given name of rare usage

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulu, no plural)
* (Austria, childish) urine (Austrian child language)
    Synonyms: Pipi, Urin

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

By extension from Etymology 2.

#### Noun

Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulus, plural Lulus)
* (Austria, derogatory) wimp, wuss
    Synonyms: Schlappschwanz, Memme, Weichei
    Bist ein Mann oder ein Lulu? ― Are you a man or a wuss?