辟穀

Chinese

		law; king; emperor law; king; emperor; monarch; royal; ward off	grain; corn
trad. (辟穀)		辟	穀
simp. (辟谷)		辟	谷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìgǔ, pìgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ, ㄆㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-ku³
    • Yale: bì-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihguu
    • Palladius: бигу (bigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴-ku³
    • Yale: pì-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihguu
    • Palladius: пигу (pigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹ guk¹
    • Yale: pīk gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

Verb

辟穀

1. (Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals
2. to fast