皮包骨頭

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; character; personal quality
trad. (皮包骨頭)		皮	包	骨頭
simp. (皮包骨头)		皮	包	骨头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píbāogǔtou, píbāogútou

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄠ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄠ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ baau¹ gwat¹ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píbāogǔtou
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄠ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píbaogǔto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-pao¹-ku³-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: pí-bāu-gǔ-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyibauguu.tou
    • Palladius: пибаогутоу (pibaogutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píbāogútou
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄠ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píbaogúto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-pao¹-ku²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: pí-bāu-gú-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyibaugwu.tou
    • Palladius: пибаогутоу (pibaogutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ baau¹ gwat¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: pèih bāau gwāt tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ baau¹ gwat⁷ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ bao¹ gued¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ paːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

皮包骨頭

1. to be emaciated; to be mere bag of bones

Synonyms

• 皮包骨 (píbāogǔ)