骨灰

Chinese

		bone	grey; ash
trad. (骨灰)		骨	灰
simp. #(骨灰)		骨	灰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔhuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ fui¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kut-fôi
• Jin (Wiktionary): gueh⁴ hui¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gáuk-huŏi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kut-hu / kut-hoe / kut-her

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gug⁴ huê¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷kueq-hue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔhuei
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-hui¹
    • Yale: gǔ-hwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuhuei
    • Palladius: гухуэй (guxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ fui¹
    • Yale: gwāt fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ fui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ fui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kut-fôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gud^ˋ foi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gud⁵ foi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kut̚² foi̯²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gueh⁴ hui¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ xuei¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gáuk-huŏi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouʔ²⁴⁻²¹ hui⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-hu
    • Tâi-lô: kut-hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuthw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²⁻⁵ hu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: kut-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuthoef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²⁻⁵ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-her
    • Tâi-lô: kut-her
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ hə³³/

Note: kut-hu - 骨烌 is used in Taiwan.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gug⁴ huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuk hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuk̚²⁻⁴ hue³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kueq-hue
    • MiniDict: kueh^入 hue
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kueq-hue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuəʔ³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

骨灰

1. ashes (human remains after cremation)
2. ashes from animal bones used as fertilizer

Synonyms

• (human remains after cremation): (Hong Kong) 靈灰／灵灰 (línghuī)

Derived terms

• 骨灰塔
• 骨灰盅
• 骨灰盒 (gǔhuīhé)
• 骨灰罈／骨灰坛
• 骨灰龕／骨灰龛