碧玉

Chinese

		green jade; bluish green; blue green jade; bluish green; blue; jade	jade
simp. and trad. (碧玉)		碧	玉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìyù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ juk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit-ngiu̍k
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phek-ge̍k / phek-gio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìyù
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-yü⁴
  - Yale: bì-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyuh
  - Palladius: биюй (bijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    碧玉
    璧玉
    閉域 / 闭域
    斃獄 / 毙狱
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ juk⁶
  - Yale: bīk yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ jʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-ngiu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: bid^ˋ ngiug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ ngiug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pit̚² ŋi̯uk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-ge̍k
  - Tâi-lô: phik-gi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phekgek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-gio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: phik-gio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phekgiok
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɔk̚⁴/

Noun

碧玉

(literal) jasper (precious stone)
(figurative) beautiful young girl

Derived terms

小家碧玉 (xiǎojiābìyù)
碧玉婚
碧玉簪

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (碧玉):

→ Japanese: 碧(へき)玉(ぎょく) (hekigyoku)
→ Korean: 벽옥(碧玉) (byeogok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
碧	玉
へき Jinmeiyō	ぎょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へきぎょく [hèkígyókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [he̞kʲiɡʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

碧(へき)玉(ぎょく) • (hekigyoku)

jasper (precious stone)