布帛菽粟

Chinese

		cloth and silk; cotton and silk textiles	beans and grain; grain; cereal
trad. (布帛菽粟)		布帛	菽粟
simp. #(布帛菽粟)		布帛	菽粟
Literally: “cloth, silk, beans and grain”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùbóshūsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕㄨ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ baak⁶ suk⁶ suk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùbóshūsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕㄨ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùbóshusù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-po²-shu¹-su⁴
    • Yale: bù-bwó-shū-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhborshusuh
    • Palladius: бубошусу (bubošusu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou³ baak⁶ suk⁶ suk¹
    • Yale: bou baahk suhk sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ baak⁹ suk⁹ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou³ bag⁶ sug⁶ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ paːk̚² sʊk̚² sʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

布帛菽粟

1. food and clothing; daily necessities

Synonyms

• 必需品 (bìxūpǐn)
• 日常用品 (rìcháng yòngpǐn)
• 日用品 (rìyòngpǐn)
• 柴米油鹽／柴米油盐 (cháimǐyóuyán)
• 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)
• 油鹽醬醋／油盐酱醋 (yóuyánjiàngcù)
• 生活用品 (shēnghuó yòngpǐn)
• 用物 (yòngwù) (literary)
• 粟帛 (sùbó) (literary)
• 薪水 (xīnshuǐ) (literary)
• 開門七件事／开门七件事 (kāimén qī jiàn shì)