朽木

Chinese

		rotten	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (朽木)		朽	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǔmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² muk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiú-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǔmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǒumù
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu³-mu⁴
    • Yale: syǒu-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheoumuh
    • Palladius: сюму (sjumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nau² muk⁶
    • Yale: náu muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau² muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo² mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiú-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hiú-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiw'bok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 朽木

1. rotten wood
2. (figurative) hopeless case; good-for-nothing

Synonyms

• (rotten wood): 痡柴, 臭柴, 漚柴／沤柴

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
朽	木
くち Grade: S	き Grade: 1

Proper noun

朽(くち)木(き) or 朽木(proper) • (kuchiki or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|くちき]]

1. a surname