不朽

Chinese

		not; no	rotten
simp. and trad. (不朽)		不	朽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ nau² / bat¹ jau² / bat¹ nau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-hiú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷peq-shieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsiu³
    • Yale: bù-syǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busheou
    • Palladius: бусю (busju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ nau² / bat¹ jau² / bat¹ nau⁵
    • Yale: bāt náu / bāt yáu / bāt náuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ nau² / bat⁷ jau² / bat⁷ nau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ neo² / bed¹ yeo² / bed¹ neo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ nɐu̯³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ nɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-hiú
    • Tâi-lô: put-hiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puthiuo
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ hiu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷peq-shieu
    • MiniDict: peh^入 shieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴peq-xieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ ɕiɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut xjuwX

Rime
Character	不	不	不	朽
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	物 (60)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	許久切
Baxter	pjuw	pjuwX	pjut	xjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨu/	/pɨuX/	/pɨut̚/	/hɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/piu/	/piuX/	/piut̚/	/hiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/piəu/	/piəuX/	/piuət̚/	/xiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puw/	/puwX/	/put̚/	/huwX/
Li Rong	/piu/	/piuX/	/piuət̚/	/xiuX/
Wang Li	/pĭəu/	/pĭəuX/	/pĭuət̚/	/xĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯uX/	/pi̯uət̚/	/xi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fōu	fǒu	fu	xiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau1	fau2	fat1	jau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pə  qʰ(r)uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'  qʰluʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	不	朽
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bù	xiǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuw ›	‹ xjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*pə/	/*qʰ(r)uʔ/
English	not	rot, decay
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	不	不	不	朽
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
No.	1025	1029	1048	7412
Phonetic component	不	不	不	丂
Rime group	之	之	物	幽
Rime subdivision	0	0	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	不	缶	弗	朽
Old Chinese	/*pɯ/	/*pɯʔ/	/*pɯ'/	/*qʰluʔ/
Notes		象花柎與本同源	中古才促化

Verb

不朽

1. to be eternal; to be immortal

Synonyms

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• 不死 (bùsǐ)
• 永存 (yǒngcún)
• 永生 (yǒngshēng)

Derived terms

• 永垂不朽 (yǒngchuíbùxiǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不朽):

• → Japanese: 不(ふ)朽(きゅう) (fukyū)
• → Korean: 불후(不朽) (bulhu)
• → Vietnamese: bất hủ (不朽)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	朽
ふ Grade: 4	きゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 不朽 (MC pjuw|pjuwX|pjut xjuwX).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kʲɨː]
• (Tokyo) ふきゅう [fùkyúú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

不(ふ)朽(きゅう) • (fukyū) ^{←ふきう (fukiu)?}

1. never fading; being enduring

References

• “不朽”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	朽

Noun

不朽 • (bulhu) (hangeul 불후)

1. hanja form^? of 불후 (“imperishability”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	朽

Adjective

不朽

1. chữ Hán form of bất hủ