肺腑

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Chinese

		lung	internal organs
trad. (肺腑)		肺	腑
simp. ^#(肺腑)		肺	腑
alternative forms		肺府 archaic

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèifǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ fu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hùi-hú / hì-hú

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui³ hu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fèifǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fèifǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fei⁴-fu³
  - Yale: fèi-fǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyfuu
  - Palladius: фэйфу (fɛjfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai³ fu²
  - Yale: fai fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei³ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ fuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-hú
  - Tâi-lô: huì-hú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huie'huo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-hú
  - Tâi-lô: hì-hú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hie'huo
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹⁻⁴¹ hu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hui³ hu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi hú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hu⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

肺腑

(literary, literally) lungs; internal organs
(literary, figurative) bottom of one's heart
(literary, figurative) trustworthy person

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肺	腑
はい Grade: 6	ふ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はいふ (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

肺(はい)腑(ふ) • (haifu) ^{←はいふ (faifu)^?}

lungs; internal organs
(figurative) bottom of one's heart

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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