起骨

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	bone
trad. (起骨)		起	骨
simp. #(起骨)		起	骨

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hei² gwat¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hi² gut²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hí-kut

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi³ gud⁵

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ki² gug⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² gwat¹
    • Yale: héi gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hi² gut²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵ kut̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-kut
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi` gud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ gud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ kut̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi³ gud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ kut̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki² gug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí kuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ kuk̚²/

Verb

起骨

1. (Cantonese, Meixian Hakka, Teochew) to debone; to take bones out
2. (Xuzhou Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka) to collect the bones of a dead body after it has been buried for some time

Synonyms

• (to debone): 去骨 (qùgǔ)

Dialectal synonyms of 撿骨 (“to collect the bones of a dead body after it has been buried for some time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		撿骨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	撿金
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	起骨
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	撿金
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	撿骨
Cantonese	Hong Kong	執骨
Gan	Pingxiang	撿金
Hakka	Yudu	撿金
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	起骨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	起骨, 撿骨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	起骨, 撿骨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	起骨, 撿骨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	起骨, 撿骨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	撿骨
Southern Min	Xiamen	抾骨頭, 抾金
	Quanzhou	抾骨頭
	Zhangzhou	抾骨頭
	Tainan	抾骨 GT, 抾金 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	抾骨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	執骨