尾骨

Chinese

		tail	bone
trad. (尾骨)		尾	骨
simp. ^#(尾骨)		尾	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěigǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gwat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěigǔ [Phonetic: wéigǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěigǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-ku³
  - Yale: wěi-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiguu
  - Palladius: вэйгу (vɛjgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ gwat¹
  - Yale: méih gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Noun

尾骨

(anatomy) coccyx; tailbone

Synonyms

尾骶骨 (wěidǐgǔ)
尾閭骨／尾闾骨 (wěilǘgǔ)
(Cantonese) 尾龍骨／尾龙骨
(Hokkien) 尾椎骨
(Wu) 尾尻骨
(Xiang) 尾節骨／尾节骨, 龜尾／龟尾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	骨
び Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
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Etymology

尾 (bi, “tail”) +‎ 骨 (-kotsu, “bone”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びこつ [bìkótsú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [bʲiko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

尾(び)骨(こつ) • (bikotsu)

a tailbone; a coccyx
Synonyms: 尾骶骨 (biteikotsu), 尾閭骨 (biryokotsu)

Holonym: 脊柱 (sekichū)

Meronym: 尾椎 (bitsui)