白骨

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	bone
trad. (白骨)		白	骨
simp. #(白骨)		白	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gwat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-kut / pe̍eh-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-ku³
    • Yale: bái-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairguu
    • Palladius: байгу (bajgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ gwat¹
    • Yale: baahk gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-kut
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqkud
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-kut
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-kut
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kut̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: baek kwot

Rime
Character	白	骨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	傍陌切	古忽切
Baxter	baek	kwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/kuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/kuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/kuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/kwət̚/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/kuət̚/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/kuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/kuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	gwat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤrak  kˤut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*braːɡ  kuːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	白	骨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bái	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ bæk ›	‹ kwot ›
Old Chinese	/*bˁrak/	/*kˁut/
English	white	bone
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	白	骨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	207	4321
Phonetic component	白	骨
Rime group	鐸	物
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	白	骨
Old Chinese	/*braːɡ/	/*kuːd/
Notes		冎亦聲

Noun

白骨

1. bones of the dead

Derived terms

• 白骨精 (báigǔjīng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白骨):

• → Japanese: 白骨(はっこつ) (hakkotsu)
• → Korean: 백골(白骨) (baekgol)
• → Vietnamese: bạch cốt (白骨)