骨髓

See also: 骨髄

Chinese

		bone	marrow
trad. (骨髓)		骨	髓
simp. #(骨髓)		骨	髓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔsuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ seoi⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kut-sùi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kut-chhé / kut-chhóe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gug⁴ cuê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔsuǐ [Phonetic: gúsuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔsuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-sui³
    • Yale: gǔ-swěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guusoei
    • Palladius: гусуй (gusuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: sometimes mispronounced as gǔsuí.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ seoi⁵
    • Yale: gwāt séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ sɵy̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kut-sùi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gud^ˋ sui^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gud⁵ sui²
    • Sinological IPA: /kut̚² su̯i¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-chhé
    • Tâi-lô: kut-tshé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kutzhea
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰe⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰe⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-chhóe
    • Tâi-lô: kut-tshué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kutzhoea
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰue⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gug⁴ cuê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuk tshué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuk̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰue⁵²⁻²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwot sjweX

Rime
Character	骨	髓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古忽切	息委切
Baxter	kwot	sjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuət̚/	/siuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuot̚/	/sʷiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuət̚/	/sjuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwət̚/	/swiə̆X/
Li Rong	/kuət̚/	/siueX/
Wang Li	/kuət̚/	/sǐweX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuət̚/	/swie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu	suǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwat1	seoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤut  s-lojʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːd  slolʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	骨	髓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ	suǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kwot ›	‹ sjweX ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁut/	/*s-lojʔ/
English	bone	marrow
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	骨	髓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4321	5433
Phonetic component	骨	隓
Rime group	物	歌
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	骨	髓
Old Chinese	/*kuːd/	/*slolʔ/
Notes	冎亦聲

Noun

骨髓

1. (anatomy) bone marrow

   骨髓移植  ―  gǔsuǐ yízhí  ―  bone marrow transplantation

Derived terms

• 恨入骨髓 (hènrùgǔsuǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (骨髓):

• → Japanese: 骨髄(こつずい) (kotsuzui)
• → Korean: 골수(骨髓) (golsu)
• → Vietnamese: cốt tuỷ (骨髓)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
骨	髓
こつ Grade: 6	ずい Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 骨髓 – see the following entry.

【骨髄こつずい】 [noun] bone marrow [noun] one's innermost depths, the bottom of one's heart [noun] the most important point

(This term, 骨髓, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
骨	髓

Noun

骨髓 • (golsu) (hangeul 골수)

1. hanja form^? of 골수 (“bone marrow”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
骨	髓

Noun

骨髓

1. chữ Hán form of cốt tuỷ (“bone marrow”)