穴居

Chinese

		hole; cave	reside
trad. (穴居)		穴	居
simp. #(穴居)		穴	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuéjū, xuèjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄩ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuéjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuéjyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-chü¹
    • Yale: sywé-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuejiu
    • Palladius: сюэцзюй (sjueczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèjyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chü¹
    • Yale: sywè-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehjiu
    • Palladius: сюэцзюй (sjueczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ geoi¹
    • Yale: yuht gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

穴居

1. to live in caves

Derived terms

• 穴居人 (xuéjūrén)