被褥

Chinese

		by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket; to cover; to wear	mattress
trad. (被褥)		被	褥
simp. #(被褥)		被	褥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèirù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄖㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁵ juk^6-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bi-gnioq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèirù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄖㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèirù
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-ju⁴
    • Yale: bèi-rù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyruh
    • Palladius: бэйжу (bɛjžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁵ juk^6-2
    • Yale: péih yúk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁵ juk^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁵ yug^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯¹³ jʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bi-gnioq
    • MiniDict: bi^去 nyoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi-nyioq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²² n̠ʲioʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

被褥

1. bedding; bedclothes
2. (Wu) mattress

Synonyms

• 寢具／寝具 (qǐnjù) (formal)
• 床上用品 (chuángshàng yòngpǐn)
• 床品 (chuángpǐn) (formal)
• 枕席 (zhěnxí) (literary, figurative)
• 臥具／卧具 (wòjù) (provided on a train or ship)
• 衾枕 (qīnzhěn) (literary, figurative)
• 被鋪席／被铺席 (Hokkien, provided on a train or ship)
• 鋪蓋／铺盖 (pūgai)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 床墊 (“mattress”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		床墊, 褥子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	褥子, 鋪頭兒
	Taiwan	床墊
	Singapore	床褥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	褥子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	墊子
	Wuhan	墊子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	褥子, 墊被
	Hefei	墊被, 褥子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	墊褥, 薦褥, 床褥, 褥
	Hong Kong	床褥
	Yangjiang	褥子
	Singapore (Guangfu)	tilam, 薦褥
Gan	Nanchang	褥子, 墊被
Hakka	Meixian	褥仔, 冇被
	Senai (Huiyang)	睡褥
Jin	Taiyuan	褥子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	褥仔, 托被
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	褥
Southern Min	Xiamen	褥仔
	Quanzhou	褥仔
	Zhangzhou	褥仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	tilam, 褥仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	tilam
	Datian	褥
	Chaozhou	褥
	Jieyang	褥
	Haikou	褥
Wu	Shanghai	褥子, 被褥, 墊被 cotton-padded
	Suzhou	褥子, 墊被
	Wenzhou	褥
Xiang	Changsha	墊被
	Shuangfeng	墊被