布穀

布穀

Chinese

		to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth	grain; corn
trad. (布穀)		布	穀
simp. (布谷)		布	谷
alternative forms		勃姑 撥穀／拨谷

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of the characteristic two-note call of the cuckoos.

Literally “to spread grain” – The cuckoos' chirps are usually heard during the seed-sowing times, and their call symbolises the commencement of a new farming season.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ku³
    • Yale: bù-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhguu
    • Palladius: бугу (bugu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ guk¹
    • Yale: bou gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ kʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /puo^H  kuk̚/

Rime
Character	布	穀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	東 (3)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	愽故切	古禄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puoH/	/kuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/puoH/	/kuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/poH/	/kuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɔH/	/kəwk̚/
Li Rong	/poH/	/kuk̚/
Wang Li	/puH/	/kuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/puoH/	/kuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bù	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou3	guk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤa-s  [k]ˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːs  kloːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	布	穀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bù	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ puH ›	‹ kuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁa-s/	/*[k]ˁok/
English	cloth	grain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	布	穀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3495	7423
Phonetic component	父	殻
Rime group	魚	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		穀
Old Chinese	/*paːs/	/*kloːɡ/

Noun

布穀

1. (～鳥) cuckoo

   • 臣聞布穀鳴於孟夏，蟋蟀吟於始秋。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     臣闻布谷鸣于孟夏，蟋蟀吟于始秋。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Chén wén bùgǔ míng yú mèngxià, xīshuài yín yú shǐqiū. [Pinyin]

     I [the subject] know that cuckoos call during the first month of summer, and crickets chirp in the early autumn.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 布穀

杜宇 (dùyǔ) (literary) 可穀／可谷 (dialectal) 姑姑蟲／姑姑虫 (Jin) 子規／子规 (zǐguī) 子規鳥／子规鸟 (zǐguīniǎo) 布穀鳥／布谷鸟 (bùgǔniǎo) 杜鵑／杜鹃 (dùjuān)

杜鵑鳥／杜鹃鸟 (dùjuānniǎo) 種穀蟲兒／种谷虫儿 (Jin) 穀穀鳥／谷谷鸟 (dialectal) 豆仔鳥／豆仔鸟 (Min Nan) 陽雀子／阳雀子 (Xiang) 鳲鳩／鸤鸠 (shījiū) (literary)