布帛菽粟

布帛菽粟

Chinese

		an umbrella term for every type of textile; cloth and silk; cotton and silk textiles	beans and grain; food
simp. and trad. (布帛菽粟)		布帛	菽粟
Literally: “cloth, silk, beans and grain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùbóshūsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕㄨ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ baak⁶ suk⁶ suk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùbóshūsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕㄨ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhborshusuh
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ baak⁶ suk⁶ suk¹
    • Yale: bou baahk suhk sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ baak⁹ suk⁹ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ bag⁶ sug⁶ sug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ päːk̚² sʊk̚² sʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

布帛菽粟

1. food and clothing; daily necessities