尾骨

Chinese

		tail	bone
trad. (尾骨)		尾	骨
simp. #(尾骨)		尾	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěigǔ [Phonetic: wéigǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-ku³
    • Yale: wěi-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiguu
    • Palladius: вэйгу (vɛjgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ gwat¹
    • Yale: méih gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Noun

尾骨

1. (anatomy) coccyx; tailbone

Synonyms

• 尾骶骨 (wěidǐgǔ)
• 尾閭骨／尾闾骨 (wěilǘgǔ)
• (Cantonese) 尾龍骨／尾龙骨
• (Hokkien) 尾椎骨
• (Wu) 尾尻骨
• (Xiang) 尾節骨／尾节骨, 龜尾／龟尾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	骨
び Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

尾 (bi, “tail”) +‎ 骨 (-kotsu, “bone”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びこつ [bìkótsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

尾(び)骨(こつ) • (bikotsu) 

1. a tailbone; a coccyx

   Synonyms: 尾骶骨 (biteikotsu), 尾閭骨 (biryokotsu)

   Holonym: 脊柱 (sekichū)

   Meronym: 尾椎 (bitsui)