骨頭

See also: 骨头

Chinese

		bone	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (骨頭)		骨	頭
simp. (骨头)		骨	头
anagram		頭骨／头骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gǔtou, gútou

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu² tou^2-1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ tau⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): gut⁶ teu
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kut-thèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gud⁵ têu²

• Jin (Wiktionary): gueh⁴ tou³
• Northern Min (KCR): gŏ-tê
• Eastern Min (BUC): gók-tàu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kut-thâu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷kueq-deu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gu⁶ tou

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔtou
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: gǔ-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu.tou
    • Palladius: гутоу (gutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gútou
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gúto̊u
    • Wade–Giles: ku²-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: gú-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwu.tou
    • Palladius: гутоу (gutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gu² tou^2-1
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu tou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹ tʰəu²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: gwāt tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gut⁶ teu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kut̚⁵ tʰɛu²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kut-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gud^ˋ teu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gud⁵ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gud⁵ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kut̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gueh⁴ tou³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuəʔ² tʰəu⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gŏ-tê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko²⁴ tʰe³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gók-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuʔ²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: kut-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuttaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/

Note:

• “bone; character; hint of sarcasm; ”.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kueq-deu
    • MiniDict: kueh^入 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kueq-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuəʔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gu⁶ tou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²⁴ tʰəu̯³/

Noun

骨頭

1. (anatomy) bone

   骨頭錯位／骨头错位  ―  gǔtóu cuòwèi  ―  bone misalignment

   • 天生繡繡　地生縵縵　水生骨頭 [MSC, trad.]
     天生绣绣　地生缦缦　水生骨头 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1921, James Hutson, Chinese Life in the Tibetan Foothills/Riddles and Ditties

     tiān shēng xiùxiù, dì shēng mànmàn, shuǐ shēng gǔtóu [Pinyin]

     Heaven produces the variegated, Earth begets the unadorned, Water begets bones.

2. (figurative) character; personal quality
3. (figurative) moral character or backbone; courageous spirit

   • 魯迅的骨頭是最硬的，他沒有絲毫的奴顏和媚骨，這是殖民地半殖民地人民最可寶貴的性格。 [MSC, trad.]
     鲁迅的骨头是最硬的，他没有丝毫的奴颜和媚骨，这是殖民地半殖民地人民最可宝贵的性格。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Lǔ Xùn de gǔtou shì zuì yìng de, tā méiyǒu sīháo de núyán hé mèigǔ, zhè shì zhímíndì bànzhímíndì rénmín zuì kě bǎoguì de xìnggé. [Pinyin]

     Lu Xun was a man of unyielding integrity, free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness; this quality is invaluable among colonial and semi-colonial peoples.

4. (figurative, derogatory, often as a suffix) contemptible or morally corrupt person
5. (figurative) hint of sarcasm or dissatisfaction (in one's words)

   他話裡有骨頭。／他话里有骨头。  ―  Tā huà lǐ yǒu gǔtóu.  ―  There's a hint of something in his words.

6. (Mainland China Hokkien) the hell (usually in a question in mild disdain)

Synonyms

• (bone): 骨 (gǔ); (Eastern Min) 骨骨
• (the hell): 鬼 (guǐ); (Hokkien) 碗糕, 番薯, 骨

Derived terms

• 吃人不吐骨頭／吃人不吐骨头
• 含著骨頭露著肉/含着骨头露着肉
• 啃骨頭／啃骨头 (kěngútóu)
• 嫩骨頭／嫩骨头
• 懶骨頭／懒骨头
• 有骨頭／有骨头
• 死人骨頭／死人骨头
• 沒骨頭／没骨头
• 狗骨頭／狗骨头
• 皮包骨頭／皮包骨头
• 硬骨頭／硬骨头
• 窮骨頭／穷骨头
• 老骨頭／老骨头
• 耍骨頭／耍骨头
• 螞蟻啃骨頭／蚂蚁啃骨头
• 貧骨頭／贫骨头
• 賊骨頭／贼骨头
• 賤骨頭／贱骨头
• 軟骨頭／软骨头
• 輕骨頭／轻骨头
• 雞蛋裡挑骨頭／鸡蛋里挑骨头
• 骨頭兒／骨头儿
• 骨頭架子／骨头架子
• 骨頭硬／骨头硬
• 骨頭裡掙出來的錢纔做得肉／骨头里挣出来的钱才做得肉
• 骨頭親／骨头亲
• 骨頭骨腦／骨头骨脑

 

Descendants

• Wutunhua: gutek