脆骨

Chinese

		brittle; fragile; crisp brittle; fragile; crisp; clear and loud voice; neat	bone
trad. (脆骨)		脆	骨
simp. #(脆骨)		脆	骨

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuìgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³ gwat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhè-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuìgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-ku³
    • Yale: tswèi-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueyguu
    • Palladius: цуйгу (cujgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³ gwat¹
    • Yale: cheui gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè-kut
    • Tâi-lô: tshè-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhea'kud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ kut̚³²/

Noun

脆骨

1. animal cartilage as food

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Korean 최고(最高) (choego), from Middle Chinese 最高 (MC tswajH kaw). Doublet of 賽高／赛高 (sàigāo), which is from Japanese 最高(さいこう) (saikō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuìgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuìgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-ku³
    • Yale: tswèi-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueyguu
    • Palladius: цуйгу (cujgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

脆骨

1. (fandom slang, used by fans of Korean entertainers) best; greatest