腐儒

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Chinese

decay; rotten scholar; Confucian
trad. (腐儒)
simp. #(腐儒)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (38)
Final () (24) (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjuX nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨoX/ /ȵɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/bioX/ /ȵio/
Shao
Rongfen
/bioX/ /ȵʑio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buə̆X/ /ȵuə̆/
Li
Rong
/bioX/ /ȵio/
Wang
Li
/bĭuX/ /ȵʑĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uX/ /ȵʑi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fu6 jyu4

Noun

腐儒

  1. (derogatory, humble, or ironic) useless scholar; good-for-nothing intellectual
  2. (derogatory) an educated person, especially a Confucian, whose mind is stagnant and fossilised

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (腐儒):
  • Vietnamese: hủ nho (腐儒)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

腐儒

  1. chữ Hán form of hủ nho (conservative, old-fashioned Confucianist).