骨子

Chinese

		bone	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (骨子)		骨	子
simp. ^#(骨子)		骨	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔzi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwat¹ zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gut² du²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: gǔ-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu.tzy
  - Palladius: гуцзы (guczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    穀子 / 谷子
    股子
    骨子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwat¹ zi²
  - Yale: gwāt jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    橘子
    骨子
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gut² du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kut̚⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/

Noun

骨子

frame; ribs

Derived terms

骨子裡 / 骨子里 (gǔzilǐ)

Adverb

骨子

(archaic) still; yet
See also: 兀自

Synonyms

仍 (réng)
仍是 (réngshì)
仍然 (réngrán)
仍舊 / 仍旧 (réngjiù)
依然 (yīrán)
依舊 / 依旧 (yījiù)
兀自 (wùzì) (dialectal or archaic)
原徑 / 原径 (⁶gnioe-cin) (Wu)
嘛閣 / 嘛阁 (Hokkien)
尚 (literary, or in compounds)
尚且 (shàngqiě)
本本 (Hakka)
猶且 / 犹且 (yóuqiě) (literary)
猶是 / 犹是 (Hokkien, Teochew)
猶然 / 犹然 (yóurán)
猶自 / 犹自 (yóuzì)
還 / 还 (hái)
還是 / 还是 (háishì)
都係 / 都系 (Cantonese)

Adjective

骨子

(Cantonese) elegant; beautiful
- Chinese lesson, Hong Kong Educational Television
  你看這公仔多骨子，快拆開來看看吧！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  你看这公仔多骨子，快拆开来看看吧！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ hon³ ze² gung¹ zai² do¹ gwat¹ zi², faai³ caak³ hoi¹ loi⁴ hon³ hon³ baa⁶! [Jyutping]
  Look, this (fashion) doll is so beautiful. Try unboxing it quickly!

Derived terms

骨骨子子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
骨	子
こつ > こっ Grade: 6	し Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

Ultimately from Chinese 骨子 (gǔzi, literally “skeleton, framework + [diminutive suffix]”).

Appears in texts from the late 1600s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こっし [kóꜜsshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ɕːi]

Noun

骨(こっ)子(し) • (kosshi)

outline, essentials, gist, framework

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
骨	子

Noun

骨子 • (golja) (hangeul 골자)

hanja form^? of 골자 (“outline, essentials, gist, framework”)