媚骨

Chinese

		flatter; charm	bone
trad. (媚骨)		媚	骨
simp. #(媚骨)		媚	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ gwat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-kut / mī-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴-ku³
    • Yale: mèi-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyguu
    • Palladius: мэйгу (mɛjgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ gwat¹
    • Yale: meih gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-kut
    • Tâi-lô: bī-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixkud
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ kut̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-kut
    • Tâi-lô: mī-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mixkud
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ kut̚³²/

Noun

媚骨

1. obsequiousness

   • 魯迅的骨頭是最硬的，他沒有絲毫的奴顏和媚骨，這是殖民地半殖民地人民最可寶貴的性格。 [MSC, trad.]
     鲁迅的骨头是最硬的，他没有丝毫的奴颜和媚骨，这是殖民地半殖民地人民最可宝贵的性格。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Lǔ Xùn de gǔtou shì zuì yìng de, tā méiyǒu sīháo de núyán hé mèigǔ, zhè shì zhímíndì bànzhímíndì rénmín zuì kě bǎoguì de xìnggé. [Pinyin]

     Lu Xun was a man of unyielding integrity, free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness; this quality is invaluable among colonial and semi-colonial peoples.