肺腑

Chinese

		lung	internal organs
trad. (肺腑)		肺	腑
simp. #(肺腑)		肺	腑
alternative forms		肺府 archaic

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèifǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ fu²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hùi-hú / hì-hú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui³ hu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèifǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèifǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-fu³
    • Yale: fèi-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyfuu
    • Palladius: фэйфу (fɛjfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ fu²
    • Yale: fai fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-hú
    • Tâi-lô: huì-hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie'huo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-hú
    • Tâi-lô: hì-hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hie'huo
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹⁻⁴¹ hu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui³ hu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi hú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hu⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

肺腑

1. (literary, literally) lungs; internal organs
2. (literary, figurative) bottom of one's heart
3. (literary, figurative) trustworthy person

Derived terms

• 動人肺腑／动人肺腑
• 感人肺腑 (gǎnrénfèifǔ)
• 沁人肺腑
• 沁入肺腑
• 肺腑之言 (fèifǔzhīyán)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肺	腑
はい Grade: 6	ふ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はいふ [hàífú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠iɸɯ̟]

Noun

肺(はい)腑(ふ) • (haifu) ^{←はいふ (faifu)?}

1. lungs; internal organs
2. (figurative) bottom of one's heart