起骨
Chinese
| to rise; to raise; to get up | bone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (起骨) | 起 | 骨 | |
| simp. #(起骨) | 起 | 骨 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ki2 gug4
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hei2 gwat1
- Yale: héi gwāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2 gwat7
- Guangdong Romanization: héi2 gued1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hi2 gut2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hi⁵⁵ kut̚⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-kut
- Hakka Romanization System: hiˋ gudˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hi3 gud5
- Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ kut̚²/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: hi3 gud5
- Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ kut̚¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ki2 gug4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí kuk
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ kuk̚²/
- (Teochew)
Verb
起骨
- (Cantonese, Meixian Hakka, Teochew) to debone; to take bones out
- (Xuzhou Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka) to collect the bones of a dead body after it has been buried for some time
Synonyms
- (to debone): 去骨 (qùgǔ)
Dialectal synonyms of 撿骨 (“to collect the bones of a dead body after it has been buried for some time”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 撿骨 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 撿金 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 起骨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 撿金 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 撿骨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 執骨 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 撿金 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 撿金 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 起骨 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 起骨, 撿骨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 起骨, 撿骨 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 起骨, 撿骨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 起骨, 撿骨 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 撿骨 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 抾骨頭, 抾金 |
| Quanzhou | 抾骨頭 | |
| Zhangzhou | 抾骨頭 | |
| Tainan | 抾骨 GT, 抾金 GT | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 抾骨 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 執骨 |