玉石

玉石

Chinese

		jade	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (玉石)		玉	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yùshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄕˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йүшы (yüšɨ, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ sek⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiu̍k-sa̍k

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiug⁶ sag⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùshíh
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-shih²
    • Yale: yù-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhshyr
    • Palladius: юйши (jujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йүшы (yüšɨ, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁴⁴ ʂʐ̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ sek⁶
    • Yale: yuhk sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɛːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiu̍k-sa̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiug sag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiug⁶ sag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯uk̚⁵ sak̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiug⁶ sag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲiʊk̚⁵ sak̚⁵/

Noun

玉石

1. jade stone
2. (figurative) good and bad people (or things)

Derived terms

玉石不分 玉石俱摧 玉石俱焚 (yùshíjùfén) 玉石俱碎 玉石同沉

玉石同焚 玉石混淆 玉石俱燼／玉石俱烬 玉石同燼／玉石同烬

Proper noun

玉石

1. (～村) Yushi (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan, Taiwan)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
玉	石
ぎょく Grade: 1	せき Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 玉石 (MC ŋɨok̚ d͡ʑiᴇk̚).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎょくせき [gyòkúsékí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝse̞kʲi]

Noun

玉(ぎょく)石(せき) • (gyokuseki) ^{←ぎよくせき (gyokuseki)?}

1. wheat and chaff, the good and the bad

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
玉	石
たま Grade: 1	いし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 玉石 – see the following entry.

【たまいし】 [noun] round stone

(This term, 玉石, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
玉	石

Noun

玉石 • (okseok) (hangeul 옥석)

1. Hanja form^? of 옥석 (“jade”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
玉	石

Noun

玉石

1. chữ Hán form of ngọc thạch (“jade”).