腐朽

Chinese

		decay; rotten	rotten
simp. and trad. (腐朽)		腐	朽
anagram		朽腐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔxiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ nau²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-hiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔxiǔ [Phonetic: fúxiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔsiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-hsiu³
    • Yale: fǔ-syǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuusheou
    • Palladius: фусю (fusju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁶ nau²
    • Yale: fuh náu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ nau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ neo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² nɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-hiú
    • Tâi-lô: hú-hiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw'hiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiu⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuX xjuwX

Rime
Character	腐	朽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	扶雨切	許久切
Baxter	bjuX	xjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoX/	/hɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/bioX/	/hiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/bioX/	/xiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆X/	/huwX/
Li Rong	/bioX/	/xiuX/
Wang Li	/bĭuX/	/xĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uX/	/xi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	xiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu6	jau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b](r)oʔ  qʰ(r)uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*boʔ  qʰluʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	腐	朽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fǔ	xiǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ bjuX ›	‹ xjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)oʔ/	/*qʰ(r)uʔ/
English	rotten	rot, decay
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	腐	朽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3524	7412
Phonetic component	付	丂
Rime group	侯	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	父	朽
Old Chinese	/*boʔ/	/*qʰluʔ/

Verb

腐朽

1. to rot; to decay

Synonyms

• 壞／坏 (huài)
• 朽壞／朽坏 (xiǔhuài)
• 朽弊 (xiǔbì) (literary)
• 朽敗／朽败 (xiǔbài)
• 朽爛／朽烂 (xiǔlàn) (literary)
• 朽腐 (xiǔfǔ)
• 糟 (zāo)
• 糟朽 (zāoxiǔ) (literary)
• 腐敗／腐败 (fǔbài)
• 腐爛／腐烂 (fǔlàn)
• 臭爛／臭烂 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 䭞／𬲳 (Hokkien)

 

Adjective

腐朽

1. rotten; decayed
2. decadent; degenerate; rotten to the core; dissipated; debauched

Synonyms

• (decadent): 糜爛／糜烂 (mílàn)

Derived terms

• 化腐朽為神奇／化腐朽为神奇 (huà fǔxiǔ wéi shénqí)