骨幹

See also: 骨干

Chinese

		bone	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (骨幹)		骨	幹
simp. (骨干)		骨	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔgàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ gon³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kut-kàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gug⁴ gang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔgàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔgàn
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-kan⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-gàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guugann
    • Palladius: гугань (guganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ kän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ gon³
    • Yale: gwāt gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ gon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ kɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: kut-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kutkaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²⁻⁵ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ kan²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gug⁴ gang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuk kàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuk̚²⁻⁴ kaŋ²¹³/

Noun

骨幹

1. (anatomy) diaphysis
2. (figurative) backbone; mainstay; core

   • 我們必須逐步地建設一批規模大的現代化的企業以為骨幹，沒有這個骨幹就不能使我國在幾十年內變為現代化的工業強國。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们必须逐步地建设一批规模大的现代化的企业以为骨干，没有这个骨干就不能使我国在几十年内变为现代化的工业强国。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen bìxū zhúbù de jiànshè yī pī guīmó dà de xiàndàihuà de qǐyè yǐwéi gǔgàn, méiyǒu zhège gǔgàn jiù bùnéng shǐ wǒguó zài jǐshí nián nèi biànwéi xiàndàihuà de gōngyè qiángguó. [Pinyin]

     We must build up a number of large-scale modern enterprises step by step to form the mainstay of our industry, without which we shall not be able to turn China into a powerful modern industrial country within the coming decades.

Derived terms

• 骨幹企業 / 骨干企业 (gǔgàn qǐyè)