骨灰
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Chinese
| bone | grey; ash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (骨灰) | 骨 | 灰 | |
| simp. #(骨灰) | 骨 | 灰 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat1 fui1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kut-fôi
- Jin (Wiktionary): gueh4 hui1
- Eastern Min (BUC): gáuk-huŏi
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7kueq-hue
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǔhuei
- Wade–Giles: ku3-hui1
- Yale: gǔ-hwēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuhuei
- Palladius: гухуэй (guxuej)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwat1 fui1
- Yale: gwāt fūi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwat7 fui1
- Guangdong Romanization: gued1 fui1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kut-fôi
- Hakka Romanization System: gudˋ foiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gud5 foi1
- Sinological IPA: /kut̚² foi̯²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: gueh4 hui1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ xuei¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gáuk-huŏi
- Sinological IPA (key): /kouʔ²⁴⁻²¹ hui⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-hoe
- Tâi-lô: kut-hue
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuthoef
- IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²⁻⁵ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-her
- Tâi-lô: kut-her
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ hə³³/
Note: kut-hu - 骨烌 is used in Taiwan.
Noun
骨灰
- ashes (human remains after cremation)
- ashes from animal bones used as fertilizer