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Chinese
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bone
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight |
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骨
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子
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骨
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子
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Pronunciation
Noun
骨子
- frame; ribs
Derived terms
Adverb
骨子
- (archaic) still; yet
- See also: 兀自
Synonyms
- 仍 (réng)
- 仍是 (réngshì)
- 仍然 (réngrán)
- 仍舊 / 仍旧 (réngjiù)
- 依然 (yīrán)
- 依舊 / 依旧 (yījiù)
- 兀自 (wùzì) (dialectal or archaic)
- 原徑 / 原径 (6gnioe-cin) (Wu)
- 嘛閣 / 嘛阁 (Hokkien)
- 尚 (literary, or in compounds)
- 尚且 (shàngqiě)
- 本本 (Hakka)
- 猶且 / 犹且 (yóuqiě) (literary)
- 猶是 / 犹是 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 猶然 / 犹然 (yóurán)
- 猶自 / 犹自 (yóuzì)
- 還 / 还 (hái)
- 還是 / 还是 (háishì)
- 都係 / 都系 (Cantonese)
Adjective
骨子
- (Cantonese) elegant; beautiful
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
Ultimately from Chinese 骨子 (gǔzi, literally “skeleton, framework + ”).
Appears in texts from the late 1600s.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
骨子 • (kosshi)
- outline, essentials, gist, framework
References
Korean
Noun
骨子 • (golja) (hangeul 골자)
- hanja form? of 골자 (“outline, essentials, gist, framework”)