# 不朽
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùxiǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ nau$^2$ / bat$^1$ jau$^2$ / bat$^1$ nau$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-hiú
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$peq-shieu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùxiǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùsiǒu
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-hsiu$^3$
*** Yale: bù-syǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busheou
*** Palladius: бусю (busju)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ nau$^2$ / bat$^1$ jau$^2$ / bat$^1$ nau$^5$
*** Yale: bāt náu / bāt yáu / bāt náuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ nau$^2$ / bat$^7$ jau$^2$ / bat$^7$ nau$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ neo$^2$ / bed$^1$ yeo$^2$ / bed$^1$ neo$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ nɐu̯³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ nɐu̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-hiú
*** Tâi-lô: put-hiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: puthiuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ hiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hiu⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$peq-shieu
*** MiniDict: peh$^入$ shieu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$peq-xieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut xjuwX
Rime :
| Character | 不 | 不 | 不 | 朽 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) | 物 (60) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 甫鳩切 | 方久切 | 分勿切 | 許久切 |
| Baxter | pjuw | pjuwX | pjut | xjuwX |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨu/ | /pɨu$^X$/ | /pɨut̚/ | /hɨu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piu/ | /piu$^X$/ | /piut̚/ | /hiu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piəu/ | /piəu$^X$/ | /piuət̚/ | /xiəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puw/ | /puw$^X$/ | /put̚/ | /huw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /piu/ | /piu$^X$/ | /piuət̚/ | /xiu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭəu/ | /pĭəu$^X$/ | /pĭuət̚/ | /xĭəu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi̯ə̯u/ | /pi̯ə̯u$^X$/ | /pi̯uət̚/ | /xi̯ə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fōu | fǒu | fu | xiǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau$^1$ | fau$^2$ | fat$^1$ | jau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pə qʰ(r)uʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' qʰluʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 不 | 朽 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bù | xiǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjuw › | ‹ xjuw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pə/ | /*qʰ(r)uʔ/ |
| English | not | rot, decay |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 不 | 不 | 不 | 朽 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1025 | 1029 | 1048 | 7412 |
| Phonetic component | 不 | 不 | 不 | 丂 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 | 物 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 不 | 缶 | 弗 | 朽 |
| Old Chinese | /*pɯ/ | /*pɯʔ/ | /*pɯ'/ | /*qʰluʔ/ |
| Notes | | 象花柎與本同源 | 中古才促化 | |

### Verb

不朽
* to be eternal; to be immortal

#### Synonyms

* 不死 (bùsǐ)
* 永存 (yǒngcún)
* 永生 (yǒngshēng)

#### Derived terms

* 永垂不朽 (yǒngchuíbùxiǔ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 不(ふ)朽(きゅう) (fukyū)
* → Korean: 불후(不朽) (bulhu)
* → Vietnamese: bất hủ (不朽)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 不 | 朽 |
| ふ Grade: 4 | きゅう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 不朽 (MC pjuw|pjuwX|pjut xjuwX).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふきゅう [fùkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟kʲɨː]

### Noun

不(ふ)朽(きゅう) • (fukyū)
* never fading; being enduring

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 不 | 朽 |

### Noun

不朽 • (bulhu) (hangeul 불후)
* hanja form of 불후 (“imperishability”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 不 | 朽 |

### Adjective

不朽
* chữ Hán form of bất hủ.