皮包骨

Chinese

		leather; skin; fur	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)	bone
trad. (皮包骨)		皮	包	骨
simp. #(皮包骨)		皮	包	骨
Literally: “skin covering bones”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píbāogǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄠ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ baau¹ gwat¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phì-pâu-kut

  (Hailu, HRS): pi bau^ˋ gud

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phôe-pau-kut / phê-pau-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píbāogǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄠ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píbaogǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-pao¹-ku³
    • Yale: pí-bāu-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyibauguu
    • Palladius: пибаогу (pibaogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ baau¹ gwat¹
    • Yale: pèih bāau gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ baau¹ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ bao¹ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ paːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-pâu-kut
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi^ˇ bau^ˊ gud^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi² bau¹ gud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ pau̯²⁴ kut̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi bau^ˋ gud
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵ pau⁵³ kut⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phôe-pau-kut
    • Tâi-lô: phuê-pau-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoe'pau'kud
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰue²³⁻³³ pau⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phê-pau-kut
    • Tâi-lô: phê-pau-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phe'pau'kud
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ pau⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/

Phrase

皮包骨

1. (figurative) to be emaciated; to be extremely skinny; to be skin and bones; to be a bag of bones

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 皮包骨 (“to be skin and bones; to be a bag of bones”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		皮包骨, 皮包骨頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	皮包骨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	皮黃骨瘦, 皮包骨
	Hong Kong	皮包骨
Hakka	Meixian	黃皮瘦骨, 皮包骨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	皮包骨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	皮包骨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	皮包骨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	皮包骨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	皮包骨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	皮包骨
Southern Min	Shantou	骨髂髂