脆骨

Chinese

		brittle; fragile; crisp brittle; fragile; crisp; clear and loud voice; neat	bone
trad. (脆骨)		脆	骨
simp. ^#(脆骨)		脆	骨

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuìgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³ gwat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhè-kut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuìgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuèigǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-ku³
  - Yale: tswèi-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueyguu
  - Palladius: цуйгу (cujgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi³ gwat¹
  - Yale: cheui gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè-kut
  - Tâi-lô: tshè-kut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhea'kud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ kut̚³²/

Noun

脆骨

animal cartilage as food

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Korean 최고(最高) (choego), from Middle Chinese 最高 (MC tswajH kaw). Doublet of 賽高／赛高 (sàigāo), which is from Japanese 最高(さいこう) (saikō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuìgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuìgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuèigǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-ku³
  - Yale: tswèi-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueyguu
  - Palladius: цуйгу (cujgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

脆骨

(South Korean idol fandom) best; greatest