吐穗

Chinese

		vomit; to spit	ear of grain
simp. and trad. (吐穗)		吐	穗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ seoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thò͘-sūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔsuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-sui⁴
    • Yale: tǔ-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuusuey
    • Palladius: тусуй (tusuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ seoi⁶
    • Yale: tou seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò͘-sūi
    • Tâi-lô: thòo-suī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torsui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ sui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ sui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ sui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ sui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thuX|thuH zwijH

Rime
Character	吐	吐	穗
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	透 (6)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	他魯切	湯故切	徐醉切
Baxter	thuX	thuH	zwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuoX/	/tʰuoH/	/ziuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuoX/	/tʰuoH/	/zʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰoX/	/tʰoH/	/zjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɔX/	/tʰɔH/	/zwiH/
Li Rong	/tʰoX/	/tʰoH/	/zuiH/
Wang Li	/tʰuX/	/tʰuH/	/zwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuoX/	/tʰuoH/	/zwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǔ	tù	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou2	tou3	seoi6

Verb

吐穗

1. (of cereal plants) to ear; to be in ear

   • 齊：禾麥吐穗上平也。象形。凡亝之屬皆从亝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     齐：禾麦吐穗上平也。象形。凡亝之属皆从亝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     Qí: hémài tùsuì shàng píng yě. Xiàngxíng. Fán qí zhī shǔ jiē cóng qí. [Pinyin]

     齊 (qí, ‘uniformity’): Rice and wheats sprout ears upwards evenly. A pictogram. All uniform things comply with the principle of uniformity.

Synonyms

• 抽穗 (chōusuì)