腐儒

Chinese

		decay; rotten	scholar; Confucian
trad. (腐儒)		腐	儒
simp. ^#(腐儒)		腐	儒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǔrú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄖㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǔrú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄖㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǔrú
  - Wade–Giles: fu³-ju²
  - Yale: fǔ-rú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuru
  - Palladius: фужу (fužu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵/

Middle Chinese: bjuX nyu

Rime
Character	腐	儒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	扶雨切	人朱切
Baxter	bjuX	nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo^X/	/ȵɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/bio^X/	/ȵio/
Shao Rongfen	/bio^X/	/ȵʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆^X/	/ȵuə̆/
Li Rong	/bio^X/	/ȵio/
Wang Li	/bĭu^X/	/ȵʑĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u^X/	/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	rú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu⁶	jyu⁴

Noun

腐儒

(derogatory, humble, or ironic) useless scholar; good-for-nothing intellectual
- 江漢思歸客，乾坤一腐儒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  江汉思归客，乾坤一腐儒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 8th century, Du Fu (杜甫), Jiang Han (《江漢》)
  Jiāng Hàn sīguīkè, qián kūn yīfǔrú. [Pinyin]
  Trapped between Jiang and Han with homebound heart
  A worthless scholar amid all that is.
(derogatory) an educated person, especially a Confucian, whose mind is stagnant and fossilised

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (腐儒):

→ Vietnamese: hủ nho (腐儒)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
腐	儒

Noun

腐儒

chữ Hán form of hủ nho (“conservative, old-fashioned Confucianist”)