蘿蔔招聘

Chinese

		radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish; carrot	to invite applications for a job; to recruit; to advertise a position
trad. (蘿蔔招聘)		蘿蔔	招聘
simp. (萝卜招聘)		萝卜	招聘
Literally: “radish recruitment”.

Etymology

A reference to the idiom 一個蘿蔔一個坑／一个萝卜一个坑 (yī gè luóbo yī gè kēng), “there is a pit for every radish”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luóbo zhāopìn, luóbo zhāopìng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛㄓㄠㄆㄧㄣˋ, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛㄓㄠㄆㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luóbo zhāopìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛㄓㄠㄆㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luóbo̊ jhaopìn
  - Wade–Giles: lo²-po⁵ chao¹-pʻin⁴
  - Yale: lwó-bwo jāu-pìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo.bo jaupinn
  - Palladius: лобо чжаопинь (lobo čžaopinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ³⁵ b̥wɔ³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰin⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luóbo zhāopìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛㄓㄠㄆㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luóbo̊ jhaopìng
  - Wade–Giles: lo²-po⁵ chao¹-pʻing⁴
  - Yale: lwó-bwo jāu-pìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo.bo jaupinq
  - Palladius: лобо чжаопин (lobo čžaopin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ³⁵ b̥wɔ³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

蘿蔔招聘

(figurative, neologism, slang) recruitment designed to catch a particular candidate

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