雞骨

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	bone
trad. (雞骨/鷄骨)		雞/鷄	骨
simp. (鸡骨)		鸡	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-ku³
    • Yale: jī-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiguu
    • Palladius: цзигу (czigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ gwat¹
    • Yale: gāi gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Noun

雞骨

1. chicken bone
2. (literary, figuratively) skinny, bony body; gaunt figure

Derived terms

• 雞骨支床／鸡骨支床 (jīgǔzhīchuáng)
• 雞骨癀／鸡骨癀
• 雞骨草／鸡骨草 (jīgǔcǎo)