頭蓋骨

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See also: 头盖骨

Chinese

		skull; cranium; red cloth or gauze kerchief for a bride	bone
trad. (頭蓋骨)		頭蓋	骨
simp. (头盖骨)		头盖	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóugàigǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ goi³ gwat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thâu-khak-kut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóugàigǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóugàigǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou²-kai⁴-ku³
  - Yale: tóu-gài-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourgayguu
  - Palladius: тоугайгу (tougajgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ goi³ gwat¹
  - Yale: tàuh goi gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ goi³ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ goi³ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kɔːi̯³³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâu-khak-kut
  - Tâi-lô: thâu-khak-kut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tau'qakkud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau¹³⁻²² kʰak̚³²⁻⁵ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²³⁻³³ kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ kut̚³²/

Noun

頭蓋骨

(anatomy) cranium; braincase

Synonyms

腦殼／脑壳 (nǎoké)
頭殼骨／头壳骨 (Hokkien)
頭碗骨／头碗骨 (tàu-uāng-gók) (Eastern Min)
頭骨／头骨 (tóugǔ)
顱骨／颅骨 (lúgǔ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
頭	蓋	骨
とう Grade: 2	がい Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーがいこつ (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

頭(とう)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) • (tōgaikotsu)

(anatomy) skull, cranium

Synonyms

頭骨(とうこつ) (tōkotsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
頭	蓋	骨
ず Grade: 2	がい Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ずがいこつ (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

頭(ず)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) • (zugaikotsu) ^{←づがいこつ (dugaikotu)^?}

(anatomy) skull, cranium

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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