穴位

Chinese

		hole; cave	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (穴位)		穴	位
simp. #(穴位)		穴	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuéwèi, xuèwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄟˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ wai^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hia̍t-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuéwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuéwèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-wei⁴
    • Yale: sywé-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuewey
    • Palladius: сюэвэй (sjuevɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèwèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: sywè-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehwey
    • Palladius: сюэвэй (sjuevɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ wai^6-2
    • Yale: yuht wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍t-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍t-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiad'ui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚²⁴⁻² ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚⁴⁻³² ui²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ui²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 穴位

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) pressure point; acupoint
2. location of a grave

Synonyms

• (pressure point): 腧穴 (shùxué)

See also

• 點穴／点穴 (diǎnxué)
• 經絡系統／经络系统 (jīngluò xìtǒng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
穴	位
けつ Grade: 6	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

穴(けつ)位(い) • (ketsui) 

1. pressure points; vital points

Synonyms

• 急所(きゅうしょ) (kyūsho): vital points
• 点穴(てんけつ) (tenketsu): pressure points

See also

• 穴位 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Pressure point on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 経絡系(けいらくけい) (keirakukei): the meridian system

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
穴	位

Noun

穴位

1. chữ Hán form of huyệt vị (“pressure point, acupoint”).