玉帛

Chinese

		jade	silk
simp. and trad. (玉帛)		玉	帛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùbó
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-po²
    • Yale: yù-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhbor
    • Palladius: юйбо (jujbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: yuhk baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² paːk̚²/

Noun

玉帛

1. jade and silk products

   • 犧牲玉帛，弗敢加也，必以信。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     牺牲玉帛，弗敢加也，必以信。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xīshēng yùbó, fú gǎn jiā yě, bì yǐ xìn. [Pinyin]

     I dare not exaggerate the amount of sacrifices, jade, and silk offered to the gods; I always tell the gods the truth.

2. riches; wealth
3. gifts exchanged between feudal states or nations
4. (figurative) good relations between countries

Derived terms

• 化干戈為玉帛 (huà gāngē wéi yùbó)
• 子女玉帛
• 犧牲玉帛／牺牲玉帛
• 玉帛笙歌