露筍

Chinese

		to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew	bamboo shoot
trad. (露筍/露笋)		露	筍/笋
simp. (露笋)		露	笋
alternative forms		蘆筍／芦笋

Etymology

(Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution): Phono-semantic matching of English Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ seon²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁶ seon²
  - Yale: louh séun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ soen²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ sên²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² sɵn³⁵/

Noun

露筍

(Cantonese) asparagus
(Cantonese, informal) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (car) (Classifier: 架 c)
- 2005 June 1, Oriental Daily‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 December 2025:
  
  專業車賊 3 分鐘掠三架露筍九代 [Cantonese, trad.]
  专业车贼 3 分钟掠三架露笋九代 [Cantonese, simp.]
  zyun¹ jip⁶ ce¹ caak⁶ saam¹ fan¹ zung¹ loek⁶ saam¹ gaa³ lou⁶ seon² gau² doi⁶ [Jyutping]
  Professional car thieves loots three Evolution IX in three minutes

Synonyms

(asparagus): 蘆筍／芦笋 (lúsǔn)