胸骨

Chinese

		chest; bosom; heart chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax	bone
trad. (胸骨)		胸	骨
simp. #(胸骨)		胸	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōnggǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ gwat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): heng-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōnggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syonggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-ku³
    • Yale: syūng-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongguu
    • Palladius: сюнгу (sjungu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ gwat¹
    • Yale: hūng gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-kut
    • Tâi-lô: hing-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengkud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/

Noun

胸骨

1. (anatomy) breastbone; sternum

Synonyms

• (Harbin Mandarin) 護心骨／护心骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胸	骨
きょう Grade: 6	こつ Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

胸 (“chest”) +‎ 骨 (“bone”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょ​ーこつ [kyóꜜòkòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

胸(きょう)骨(こつ) • (kyōkotsu) 

1. a breastbone; a sternum

See also

• 胸(きょう)椎(つい) (kyōtsui)