品柱

Chinese

		conduct; grade; thing conduct; grade; thing; product; good	pillar
simp. and trad. (品柱)		品	柱

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐnzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban² cyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnjhù
  - Wade–Giles: pʻin³-chu⁴
  - Yale: pǐn-jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinjuh
  - Palladius: пиньчжу (pinʹčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban² cyu⁵
  - Yale: bán chyúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban² tsy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben² qu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/

Noun

品柱

(music) fret (of a string instrument)

Usage notes

On instruments such as the pipa, the term 品柱 (or 品) is used to refer to the bamboo frets on the instrument's body, whereas the term 相 is used to refer to the frets on the instrument's neck.

Synonyms

品 (pǐn)