尾椎

Chinese

		tail	spine; a hammer
simp. and trad. (尾椎)		尾	椎
alternative forms		尾臎 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěizhuī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ zeoi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-chui / bér-chui / bóe-chui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěizhuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěijhuei
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-chui¹
  - Yale: wěi-jwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeijuei
  - Palladius: вэйчжуй (vɛjčžuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ zeoi¹
  - Yale: méih jēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dzoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ zêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-chui
  - Tâi-lô: bé-tsui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: befzuy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bér-chui
  - Tâi-lô: bér-tsui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-chui
  - Tâi-lô: bué-tsui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boefzuy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/

Noun

尾椎

(anatomy) caudal vertebra
(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) rump of a fowl; uropygium

Derived terms

尾椎骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	椎
び Grade: S	つい Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

尾 (“tail”) +‎ 椎 (“vertebra”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びつい [bìtsúí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲit͡sɨi]

Noun

尾(び)椎(つい) • (bitsui)

a coccygeal vertebra
Hypernym: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu)

Holonym: 尾骨 (bikotsu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN