玉碎

Chinese

		jade	to break down; to break into pieces; fragmentary
simp. and trad. (玉碎)		玉	碎
anagram		碎玉
Literally: “a jade breaks”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùsuì

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ seoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùsuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùsuèi
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-sui⁴
  - Yale: yù-swèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhsuey
  - Palladius: юйсуй (jujsuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ seoi³
  - Yale: yuhk seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ soey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ sêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² sɵy̯³³/

Middle Chinese: ngjowk swojH

Rime
Character	玉	碎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	魚欲切	蘇内切
Baxter	ngjowk	swojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/suʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/suoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/suɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/swəj^H/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/suᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/suɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/suɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk⁶	seoi³

Verb

玉碎

(figurative) to die for moral principles, one's ideals or justice

Antonyms

瓦全 (wǎquán)

Derived terms

寧可玉碎，不能瓦全 / 宁可玉碎，不能瓦全
寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 / 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玉碎):

→ Japanese: 玉砕(ぎょくさい) (gyokusai) (see there for further descendants)
→ Korean: 옥쇄(玉碎) (okswae)