肺腑

肺腑

Chinese

		lung	internal organs
simp. and trad. (肺腑)		肺	腑
variant forms		肺府 archaic

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèifǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ fu²
• Min Nan (POJ): hùi-hú / hì-hú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèifǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyfuu
    • IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ fu²
    • Yale: fai fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ fu²
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ fuː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-hú
    • Tâi-lô: huì-hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie'huo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì-hú
    • Tâi-lô: hì-hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hie'huo
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi¹¹⁻⁵³ hu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²¹⁻⁴¹ hu⁴¹/

Adjective

肺腑

1. (literary, literally) lungs; internal organs
2. (literary, figuratively) bottom of one's heart
3. (literary, figuratively) trustworthy person

Derived terms

動人肺腑／动人肺腑 感人肺腑 沁人肺腑

沁入肺腑 肺腑之言 (fèifǔzhīyán)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
肺	腑
はい Grade: 6	ふ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) はいふ [hàífú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠iɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

肺腑 (hiragana はいふ, rōmaji haifu, historical hiragana はいふ)

1. lungs; internal organs
2. (figuratively) bottom of one's heart

References

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