碧玉

Chinese

		green jade; bluish green; blue green jade; bluish green; blue; jade	jade
simp. and trad. (碧玉)		碧	玉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ juk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit-ngiu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phek-ge̍k / phek-gio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìyù
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: bì-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihyuh
    • Palladius: биюй (bijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ juk⁶
    • Yale: bīk yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ jʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-ngiu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid^ˋ ngiug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ ngiug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚² ŋi̯uk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-ge̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phik-gi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phekgek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-gio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phik-gio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phekgiok
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡiɔk̚⁴/

Noun

碧玉

1. (literal) jasper (precious stone)
2. (figurative) beautiful young girl

Derived terms

• 小家碧玉 (xiǎojiābìyù)
• 碧玉婚
• 碧玉簪

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (碧玉):

• → Japanese: 碧(へき)玉(ぎょく) (hekigyoku)
• → Korean: 벽옥(碧玉) (byeogok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
碧	玉
へき Jinmeiyō	ぎょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [he̞kʲiɡʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

碧(へき)玉(ぎょく) • (hekigyoku) 

1. jasper (precious stone)