竹夫人

Chinese

		bamboo	man['s] person; lady; madam man['s] person; lady; madam; Mrs.; wife
simp. and trad. (竹夫人)		竹	夫人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúfūrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄈㄨ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ fu¹ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chuk-fû-ngìn
• Northern Min (KCR): dṳ̆-hú-nêng
• Eastern Min (BUC): dé̤ṳk-hŭ-ìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-hu-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúfūrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄈㄨ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúfurén
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-fu¹-jên²
    • Yale: jú-fū-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwufuren
    • Palladius: чжуфужэнь (čžufužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ fu⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ fu¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: jūk fū yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ fu¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ fu¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chuk-fû-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zug^ˋ fu^ˊ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zug⁵ fu¹ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suk̚² fu²⁴ ŋin¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dṳ̆-hú-nêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty²⁴ xu⁵⁴ neiŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dé̤ṳk-hŭ-ìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyʔ²⁴⁻²¹ hu⁵⁵ iŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-hu-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: tik-hu-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekhujiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu³³ d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hu⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hu⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwk bju|pju nyin

Rime
Character	竹	夫	夫	人
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	並 (3)	幫 (1)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	張六切	防無切	甫無切	如鄰切
Baxter	trjuwk	bju	pju	nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuk̚/	/bɨo/	/pɨo/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuk̚/	/bio/	/pio/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuk̚/	/bio/	/pio/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwk̚/	/buə̆/	/puə̆/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/ȶiuk̚/	/bio/	/pio/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuk̚/	/bĭu/	/pĭu/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uk̚/	/bʱi̯u/	/pi̯u/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu	fú	fū	rén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1	fu4	fu1	jan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*truk  p(r)a|[b]a|ba  ni[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ  pa|ba  njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	竹	夫	夫	夫	人
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhú	fū	fú	fú	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwk ›	‹ pju ›	‹ bju ›	‹ bju ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*truk/	/*p(r)a/	/*[b]a/	/*ba/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	bamboo	man	this, that	final particle	(other) person
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	竹	夫	夫	人
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	17588	3274	3281	10800
Phonetic component	竹	夫	夫	人
Rime group	覺	魚	魚	眞
Rime subdivision	1	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	竹	跗	扶	仁
Old Chinese	/*tuɡ/	/*pa/	/*ba/	/*njin/

Noun

竹夫人

1. bamboo wife

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (竹夫人):

• → Japanese: 竹(ちく)夫(ふ)人(じん) (chikufujin)
• → Korean: 죽부인(竹夫人) (jukbu'in)
• → Vietnamese: trúc phu nhân (竹夫人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竹	夫	人
ちく Grade: 1	ふ Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕikɯ̟ɸɯ̟ʑĩɴ]

Noun

竹(ちく)夫(ふ)人(じん) • (chikufujin) 

1. bamboo wife

Korean

Hanja in this term
竹	夫	人

Noun

竹夫人 • (jukbu'in) (hangeul 죽부인)

1. hanja form^? of 죽부인 (“bamboo wife”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
竹	夫	人

Noun

竹夫人

1. chữ Hán form of trúc phu nhân (“bamboo wife”).