葭莩

Chinese

		reed; Phragmites communis	die of starvation; pellicle of culms
trad. (葭莩)		葭	莩
simp. #(葭莩)		葭	莩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiafú
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-fu²
    • Yale: jyā-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiafwu
    • Palladius: цзяфу (czjafu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ fu¹
    • Yale: gā fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

葭莩

1. (literary) thin membrane in reed
2. (literary, figurative) distanced relative

Derived terms

• 葭莩之情
• 葭莩之末
• 葭莩之親 / 葭莩之亲