髕骨

See also: 髌骨

Chinese

		kneecap	bone
trad. (髕骨)		髕	骨
simp. (髌骨)		髌	骨
alternative forms		臏骨／膑骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban³ gwat¹, pan⁵ gwat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pin-kut / pīn-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìngǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìngǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pin⁴-ku³
    • Yale: bìn-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binnguu
    • Palladius: биньгу (binʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban³ gwat¹, pan⁵ gwat¹
    • Yale: ban gwāt, páhn gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban³ gwat⁷, pan⁵ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben³ gued¹, pen⁵ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³³ kʷɐt̚⁵/, /pʰɐn¹³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-kut
    • Tâi-lô: pin-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinkud
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³ kut̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pīn-kut
    • Tâi-lô: pīn-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixnkud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin²²⁻²¹ kut̚³²/

Noun

髕骨

1. (anatomy) kneecap; patella

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 膝蓋骨 (“patella; kneecap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膝蓋骨, 髕骨
Mandarin	Wuhan	克膝蓋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	波羅蓋, 膝頭蓋
	Hong Kong	波羅蓋, 膝頭蓋
Hakka	Meixian	膝頭骨
	Yudu	膝頭蓋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跤鏡
Southern Min	Xiamen	燈火碗, 跤頭趺骨
	Quanzhou	跤頭趺骨
	Zhangzhou	燈火碗, 跤頭腕
	Haikou	跤趺骨, 跤趺臍骨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	膝頭蓋, 膝頭尖, 膝頭
Wu	Jinhua	腳寶蓋
Xiang	Changsha	膝頭骨, 髂膝骨