膝蓋骨

See also: 膝盖骨

Chinese

		knee	bone
trad. (膝蓋骨)		膝蓋	骨
simp. (膝盖骨)		膝盖	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīgàigǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ goi³ gwat¹
Min Nan (POJ): sit-kài-kut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīgàigǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shigayguu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ goi³ gwat¹
  - Yale: sāt goi gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ goi³ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ goi³ gued¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ kɔːi̯³³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-kài-kut
  - Tâi-lô: sit-kài-kut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitkae'kud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ kaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²/

Noun

膝蓋骨

patella; kneecap

Japanese

Kanji in this term
膝	蓋	骨
しつ Grade: S	がい Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 膝蓋骨.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) しつがいこつ [shìtsúgáꜜìkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɕit͡sɨᵝɡa̠iko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

膝蓋骨 (hiragana しつがいこつ, rōmaji shitsugaikotsu)

(anatomy) The patella, the kneecap.

Usage notes

Both 膝の皿 (hiza no sara) and 膝皿 (hiza sara) are also in use in modern Japanese, with 膝の皿 (hiza no sara) used more frequently of the two. The term 膝蓋骨 (shitsugaikotsu) is somewhat more technical, a bit like English patella compared to kneecap.

Synonyms

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN