腐儒

Chinese

		decay; rotten	scholar; Confucian
trad. (腐儒)		腐	儒
simp. #(腐儒)		腐	儒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄖㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔrú
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-ju²
    • Yale: fǔ-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuru
    • Palladius: фужу (fužu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuX nyu

Rime
Character	腐	儒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	扶雨切	人朱切
Baxter	bjuX	nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoX/	/ȵɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/bioX/	/ȵio/
Shao Rongfen	/bioX/	/ȵʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆X/	/ȵuə̆/
Li Rong	/bioX/	/ȵio/
Wang Li	/bĭuX/	/ȵʑĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uX/	/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	rú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu6	jyu4

Noun

腐儒

1. (derogatory, humble, or ironic) useless scholar; good-for-nothing intellectual

   • 江漢思歸客，乾坤一腐儒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     江汉思归客，乾坤一腐儒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Du Fu (杜甫), Jiang Han (《江漢》)

     Jiāng Hàn sīguīkè, qián kūn yīfǔrú. [Pinyin]

     Trapped between Jiang and Han with homebound heart
     A worthless scholar amid all that is.

2. (derogatory) an educated person, especially a Confucian, whose mind is stagnant and fossilised