品柱

Chinese

		conduct; grade; thing conduct; grade; thing; product; good	pillar
simp. and trad. (品柱)		品	柱

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐnzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban² cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnjhù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin³-chu⁴
    • Yale: pǐn-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinjuh
    • Palladius: пиньчжу (pinʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban² cyu⁵
    • Yale: bán chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban² tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben² qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/

Noun

品柱

1. (music) fret (of a string instrument)

Usage notes

On instruments such as the pipa, the term 品柱 (or 品) is used to refer to the bamboo frets on the instrument's body, whereas the term 相 is used to refer to the frets on the instrument's neck.

Synonyms

• 品 (pǐn)

See also

• 相 (xiāng)