腐朽

Chinese

		decay; rotten	rotten
simp. and trad. (腐朽)		腐	朽
anagram		朽腐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǔxiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ nau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-hiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǔxiǔ [Phonetic: fúxiǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǔsiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: fu³-hsiu³
  - Yale: fǔ-syǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuusheou
  - Palladius: фусю (fusju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁶ nau²
  - Yale: fuh náu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ nau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ neo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² nɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-hiú
  - Tâi-lô: hú-hiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hw'hiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiu⁵⁵⁴/

Middle Chinese: bjuX xjuwX

Rime
Character	腐	朽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	扶雨切	許久切
Baxter	bjuX	xjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo^X/	/hɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/bio^X/	/hiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/bio^X/	/xiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆^X/	/huw^X/
Li Rong	/bio^X/	/xiu^X/
Wang Li	/bĭu^X/	/xĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u^X/	/xi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	xiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu⁶	jau²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b](r)oʔ qʰ(r)uʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*boʔ qʰluʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	腐	朽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fǔ	xiǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ bju^X ›	‹ xjuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)oʔ/	/*qʰ(r)uʔ/
English	rotten	rot, decay
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腐	朽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3524	7412
Phonetic component	付	丂
Rime group	侯	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	父	朽
Old Chinese	/*boʔ/	/*qʰluʔ/

Verb

腐朽

to rot; to decay

Synonyms

壞 / 坏 (huài)
朽壞 / 朽坏 (xiǔhuài)
朽弊 (xiǔbì) (literary)
朽敗 / 朽败 (xiǔbài)
朽爛 / 朽烂 (xiǔlàn) (literary)
朽腐 (xiǔfǔ)
糟 (zāo)
糟朽 (zāoxiǔ) (literary)
腐敗 / 腐败 (fǔbài)
腐爛 / 腐烂 (fǔlàn)
臭爛 / 臭烂 (Xiamen Hokkien)
䭞 / 𬲳 (Hokkien)

Adjective

腐朽

rotten; decayed
decadent; degenerate; rotten to the core; dissipated; debauched

Synonyms

糜爛／糜烂 (mílàn)
(rotten): (Hokkien) 漉管, 漉瓤, 漉膿／漉脓

Derived terms

化腐朽為神奇 / 化腐朽为神奇 (huà fǔxiǔ wéi shénqí)