# 骨頭
## Chinese

* 骨頭

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gǔtou, gútou
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ, ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu$^2$ tou$^{2-1}$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat$^1$ tau$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gut$^6$ teu
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kut-thèu
    (Hailu, HRS): gud teu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gud$^5$ têu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): gueh$^4$ tou$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): gŏ-tê
* Eastern Min (BUC): gók-tàu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goh$^6$ tao$^2$ / guoh$^6$ tao$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kut-thâu
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$kueq-deu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gu$^6$ tou
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔtou
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔto̊u
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$-tʻou$^5$
*** Yale: gǔ-tou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu.tou
*** Palladius: гутоу (gutou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gútou
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gúto̊u
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^2$-tʻou$^5$
*** Yale: gú-tou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwu.tou
*** Palladius: гутоу (gutou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gu$^2$ tou$^{2-1}$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu tou
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹ tʰəu²¹⁻⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwat$^1$ tau$^4$
*** Yale: gwāt tàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwat$^7$ tau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gued$^1$ teo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gut$^6$ teu
*** Sinological IPA : /kut̚⁵ tʰɛu²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kut-thèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: gud$^ˋ$ teu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gud$^5$ teu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kut̚² tʰeu̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gud teu
*** Sinological IPA: /kut⁵⁻² tʰeu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gud$^5$ têu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kut̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: gueh$^4$ tou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuəʔ² tʰəu⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gŏ-tê
*** Sinological IPA : /ko²⁴ tʰe³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gók-tàu
*** Sinological IPA : /kuʔ²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: goh$^6$ tao$^2$ [Phonetic: goh$^7$ tao$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ tʰau¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guoh$^6$ tao$^2$ [Phonetic: guoh$^7$ tao$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kuoʔ²⁻²⁴ tʰau¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-thâu
*** Tâi-lô: kut-thâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuttaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/
* “bone; character; hint of sarcasm; ”.

### Noun

骨頭
* (anatomy) bone
    骨頭錯位／骨头错位 ― gǔtóu cuòwèi ― bone misalignment
    From: 1921, James Hutson, Chinese Life in the Tibetan Foothills/Riddles and Ditties
    tiān shēng xiùxiù, dì shēng mànmàn, shuǐ shēng gǔtóu [Pinyin]
    Heaven produces the variegated, Earth begets the unadorned, Water begets bones.
* (figurative) character; personal quality
* (figurative) moral character or backbone; courageous spirit
    From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
    Lǔ Xùn de gǔtou shì zuì yìng de, tā méiyǒu sīháo de núyán hé mèigǔ, zhè shì zhímíndì bànzhímíndì rénmín zuì kě bǎoguì de xìnggé. [Pinyin]
    Lu Xun was a man of unyielding integrity, free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness; this quality is invaluable among colonial and semi-colonial peoples.
* (figurative, derogatory, often as a suffix) contemptible or morally corrupt person
* (figurative) hint of sarcasm or dissatisfaction (in one's words)
    他話裡有骨頭。／他话里有骨头。 ― Tā huà lǐ yǒu gǔtóu. ― There's a hint of something in his words.
* (Mainland China Hokkien) the hell (usually in a question in mild disdain)

#### Synonyms

* (bone): 骨 (gǔ); (Eastern Min) 骨骨
* (the hell): 鬼 (guǐ); (Hokkien) 碗糕, 番薯, 骨

#### Derived terms

* 吃人不吐骨頭 / 吃人不吐骨头
* 含著骨頭露著肉/含着骨头露着肉
* 啃骨頭 / 啃骨头 (kěngútóu)
* 嫩骨頭 / 嫩骨头
* 懶骨頭 / 懒骨头
* 有骨頭 / 有骨头
* 死人骨頭 / 死人骨头
* 沒骨頭 / 没骨头
* 狗骨頭 / 狗骨头
* 皮包骨頭 / 皮包骨头
* 硬骨頭 / 硬骨头
* 窮骨頭 / 穷骨头
* 老骨頭 / 老骨头
* 耍骨頭 / 耍骨头
* 螞蟻啃骨頭 / 蚂蚁啃骨头
* 貧骨頭 / 贫骨头
* 賊骨頭 / 贼骨头
* 賤骨頭 / 贱骨头
* 軟骨頭 / 软骨头 (ruǎngútou)
* 輕骨頭 / 轻骨头
* 雞蛋裡挑骨頭 / 鸡蛋里挑骨头
* 骨頭兒 / 骨头儿
* 骨頭架子 / 骨头架子
* 骨頭硬 / 骨头硬
* 骨頭裡掙出來的錢纔做得肉 / 骨头里挣出来的钱才做得肉
* 骨頭親 / 骨头亲
* 骨頭骨腦 / 骨头骨脑

#### Descendants

* Wutunhua: gutek