吐穗

Chinese

		vomit; to spit	ear of grain
simp. and trad. (吐穗)		吐	穗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǔsuì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ seoi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thò͘-sūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǔsuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǔsuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu³-sui⁴
  - Yale: tǔ-swèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuusuey
  - Palladius: тусуй (tusuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou³ seoi⁶
  - Yale: tou seuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ soey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou³ sêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ sɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò͘-sūi
  - Tâi-lô: thòo-suī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: torsui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ sui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ sui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ sui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ sui³³/

Middle Chinese: thuX|thuH zwijH

Rime
Character	吐	吐	穗
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	透 (6)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	他魯切	湯故切	徐醉切
Baxter	thuX	thuH	zwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuo^X/	/tʰuo^H/	/ziuɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuo^X/	/tʰuo^H/	/zʷi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰo^X/	/tʰo^H/	/zjuɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɔ^X/	/tʰɔ^H/	/zwi^H/
Li Rong	/tʰo^X/	/tʰo^H/	/zui^H/
Wang Li	/tʰu^X/	/tʰu^H/	/zwi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰuo^X/	/tʰuo^H/	/zwi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǔ	tù	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou²	tou³	seoi⁶

Verb

吐穗

(of cereal plants) to ear; to be in ear
- 齊：禾麥吐穗上平也。象形。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  齐：禾麦吐穗上平也。象形。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE
  Qí: hémài tùsuì shàng píng yě. Xiàngxíng. [Pinyin]
  齊 (qí, ‘uniformity’): Rice and wheats sprout ears upwards evenly. A pictogram.

Synonyms

抽穗 (chōusuì)
(Hokkien) 出穗, 展粒
(Shanghainese) 秀出來了／秀出来了