穴位

Chinese

		hole; cave	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (穴位)		穴	位
simp. ^#(穴位)		穴	位

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuéwèi, xuèwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄟˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ wai^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hia̍t-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuéwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuéwèi
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-wei⁴
  - Yale: sywé-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuewey
  - Palladius: сюэвэй (sjuevɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèwèi
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: sywè-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehwey
  - Palladius: сюэвэй (sjuevɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ wai^6-2
  - Yale: yuht wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ wai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ wei^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍t-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: hia̍t-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiad'ui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚²⁴⁻² ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚⁴⁻³² ui²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ui²²/

Noun

穴位

(traditional Chinese medicine) pressure point; acupoint
location of a grave

Synonyms

(pressure point): 腧穴 (shùxué), 穴道 (xuédào)

See also

點穴／点穴 (diǎnxué)
經絡系統／经络系统 (jīngluò xìtǒng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穴	位
けつ Grade: 6	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

穴(けつ)位(い) • (ketsui) ^{←けつゐ (ketwi)^?}

pressure points; vital points

Synonyms

急所(きゅうしょ) (kyūsho): vital points
点穴(てんけつ) (tenketsu): pressure points

See also

穴位 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Pressure point on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
経絡系(けいらくけい) (keirakukei): the meridian system

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
穴	位

Noun

穴位

chữ Hán form of huyệt vị (“pressure point, acupoint”)