補骨脂

補骨脂

See also: 补骨脂

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	bone	fat
trad. (補骨脂)		補	骨	脂
simp. (补骨脂)		补	骨	脂
variant forms		婆固脂 破故紙／破故纸

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Sanskrit वाकुची (vākucī), बाकुची (bākucī), बाकुचि (bākuci, “dry ripe fruits of Psoralea corylifolia”). Compare Hindi बकुची (bakucī), बावची (bāvcī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔgǔzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gwat¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǔgǔzhī [Phonetic: búgǔzhī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄓ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuguujy
    • IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² gwat¹ zi¹
    • Yale: bóu gwāt jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gwat⁷ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² gued¹ ji¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /puo^X  kuət̚  t͡ɕiɪ/▼

Rime
Character	補	骨	脂
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	沒 (56)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	博古切	古忽切	旨夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puoX/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/puoX/	/kuot̚/	/t͡ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/poX/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɔX/	/kwət̚/	/ci/
Li Rong	/poX/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕi/
Wang Li	/puX/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕi/
Bernard Karlgren	/puoX/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǔ	gu	zhī

Noun

補骨脂

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) fruit of the tumbleweed (Psoralea corylifolia)