胸骨

Chinese

		chest; bosom; heart chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax	bone
trad. (胸骨)		胸	骨
simp. ^#(胸骨)		胸	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiōnggǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ gwat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): heng-kut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiōnggǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syonggǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-ku³
  - Yale: syūng-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongguu
  - Palladius: сюнгу (sjungu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ gwat¹
  - Yale: hūng gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-kut
  - Tâi-lô: hing-kut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengkud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ kut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/

Noun

胸骨

(anatomy) breastbone; sternum

Synonyms

(Harbin Mandarin) 護心骨／护心骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胸	骨
きょう Grade: 6	こつ Grade: 6
kan'on

Etymology

胸 (“chest”) +‎ 骨 (“bone”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーこつ [kyóꜜòkòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

胸(きょう)骨(こつ) • (kyōkotsu)

a breastbone; a sternum

See also

胸(きょう)椎(つい) (kyōtsui)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN