尾椎

Chinese

		tail	spine; a hammer
simp. and trad. (尾椎)		尾	椎
alternative forms		尾臎 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěizhuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ zeoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-chui / bér-chui / bóe-chui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěizhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěijhuei
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-chui¹
    • Yale: wěi-jwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeijuei
    • Palladius: вэйчжуй (vɛjčžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ zeoi¹
    • Yale: méih jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-chui
    • Tâi-lô: bé-tsui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befzuy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bér-chui
    • Tâi-lô: bér-tsui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-chui
    • Tâi-lô: bué-tsui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boefzuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/

Noun

尾椎

1. (anatomy) caudal vertebra
2. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) rump of a fowl; uropygium

Derived terms

• 尾椎骨

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	椎
び Grade: S	つい Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

尾 (“tail”) +‎ 椎 (“vertebra”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びつい [bìtsúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲit͡sɨᵝi]

Noun

尾(び)椎(つい) • (bitsui) 

1. a coccygeal vertebra

   Hypernym: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu)

   Holonym: 尾骨 (bikotsu)