背骨

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	bone
trad. (背骨)		背	骨
simp. #(背骨)		背	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ gwat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pōe-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-ku³
    • Yale: bèi-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyguu
    • Palladius: бэйгу (bɛjgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ gwat¹
    • Yale: bui gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-kut
    • Tâi-lô: puē-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexkud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²²⁻²¹ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻²² kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue²²⁻²¹ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue³³⁻¹¹ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³⁻²¹ kut̚³²/

Noun

背骨

1. spine; backbone

Verb

背骨

1. (chiefly Taiwan) to betray

Derived terms

• 背骨仔

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
背	骨
せ Grade: 6	ほね > ぼね Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
呂

Etymology

Compound of 背 (se, “back”) +‎ 骨 (hone, “bone”). The hone changes to bone as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to a text from the late 1100s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せぼね [sèbóné] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞bo̞ne̞]

Noun

背(せ)骨(ぼね) • (sebone) 

1. [from late 1100s] backbone (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord)

   Synonyms: 脊柱 (sekichū, “spinal column”), 脊椎 (sekitsui, “spina, spine”)

   Hyponyms: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu, “vertebra”), 脊椎骨 (sekitsuikotsu, “vertebra”), 脊髄 (sekizui, “spinal cord”)