補骨脂

See also: 补骨脂

Chinese

	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	bone	fat
trad. (補骨脂)	補	骨	脂
simp. (补骨脂)	补	骨	脂
alternative forms	婆固脂破故紙／破故纸

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Sanskrit वाकुची (vākucī), बाकुची (bākucī), बाकुचि (bākuci, “dry ripe fruits of Psoralea corylifolia”). Compare Hindi बकुची (bakucī), बावची (bāvcī).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǔgǔzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gwat¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǔgǔzhī [Phonetic: búgǔzhī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǔgǔjhih
  - Wade–Giles: pu³-ku³-chih¹
  - Yale: bǔ-gǔ-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuguujy
  - Palladius: бугучжи (bugučži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² gwat¹ zi¹
  - Yale: bóu gwāt jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gwat⁷ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² gued¹ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: puX kwot tsyij

Rime
Character	補	骨	脂
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	沒 (56)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	博古切	古忽切	旨夷切
Baxter	puX	kwot	tsyij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puo^X/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/puo^X/	/kuot̚/	/t͡ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/po^X/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɔ^X/	/kwət̚/	/ci/
Li Rong	/po^X/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕi/
Wang Li	/pu^X/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puo^X/	/kuət̚/	/t͡ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǔ	gu	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou²	gwat¹	zi¹

Noun

補骨脂

(traditional Chinese medicine) fruit of the babchi (Psoralea corylifolia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
補	骨	脂
ほ Grade: 6	こつ Grade: 6	し Grade: S
kan'on	kan'on	on'yomi

Noun

補(ほ)骨(こつ)脂(し) • (hokotsushi)

(traditional Chinese medicine) fruit of Psoralea corylifolia used in medicine