骸骨

Chinese

		bones of the body	bone
trad. (骸骨)		骸	骨
simp. #(骸骨)		骸	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁴ gwat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hài-kut
• Eastern Min (BUC): hài-gáuk

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hai²-ku³
    • Yale: hái-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hairguu
    • Palladius: хайгу (xajgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai⁴ gwat¹
    • Yale: hàaih gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁴ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁴ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯²¹ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hài-kut
    • Hakka Romanization System: haiˇ gud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hai² gud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hai̯¹¹ kut̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hài-gáuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ɑuʔ²⁴/

Noun

骸骨

1. skeleton bones; skeletal remains (usually of a corpse)

   • 君獨不見長城下，死人骸骨相撐拄！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君独不见长城下，死人骸骨相撑拄！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. around 200, 陳琳 (Chen Lin),《飲馬長城窟行》

     Jūn dú bùjiàn chángchéng xià, sǐrén háigǔ xiāng chēngzhǔ! [Pinyin]

     Do you not see by the Great Wall — Sons become a heap of bones one and all?

Synonyms

• 大體／大体 (dàtǐ) (Taiwan, polite)
• 屍身／尸身 (shīshēn)
• 屍首／尸首
• 屍骨／尸骨 (shīgǔ)
• 屍骸／尸骸 (shīhái)
• 屍體／尸体 (shītǐ)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死屍／死尸 (sǐshī)
• 遺骸／遗骸 (yíhái) (remains)
• 遺體／遗体 (yítǐ) (remains)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
骸	骨
がい Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) が​いこつ [gáꜜìkòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠iko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

骸(がい)骨(こつ) • (gaikotsu) 

1. (anatomy) a skeleton
   • 1999 March 6, “ワイト [Wight]”, in Starter Box(スターターボックス), Konami:

     どこにでも出(で)てくるガイコツのおばけ。攻(こう)撃(げき)は弱(よわ)いが集(あつ)まると大(たい)変(へん)。

     Doko ni demo detekuru gaikotsu no obake. Kōgeki wa yowai ga atsumaru to taihen.

     A skeletal specter that came from some unknown place. Its attacks are very weak.

Korean

Hanja in this term
骸	骨

Noun

骸骨 • (haegol or McCune-Reischauer: haegol or Yale: haykol) (hangeul 해골)

1. Hanja form^? of 해골 (“skeleton”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
骸	骨

Noun

骸骨

1. chữ Hán form of hài cốt (“skeleton; corpse remains”).