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

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

to live in caves

Derived terms

穴居人 (xuéjūrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穴	居
けつ > けっ Grade: 6	きょ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けっきょ [kéꜜkkyò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ke̞k̚ʲkʲo̞]

Noun

穴(けっ)居(きょ) • (kekkyo)

cave dwelling

See also

穴居人(けっきょじん) (kekkyojin)

Verb

穴(けっ)居(きょ)する • (kekkyo suru) intransitive suru (stem 穴(けっ)居(きょ)し (kekkyo shi), past 穴(けっ)居(きょ)した (kekkyo shita))

to live in caves

Conjugation

Conjugation of "穴居する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	穴居し	けっきょし	kekkyo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	穴居し	けっきょし	kekkyo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	穴居する	けっきょする	kekkyo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	穴居する	けっきょする	kekkyo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	穴居すれ	けっきょすれ	kekkyo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	穴居せよ¹ 穴居しろ²	けっきょせよ¹ けっきょしろ²	kekkyo seyo¹ kekkyo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	穴居される	けっきょされる	kekkyo sareru
Causative	穴居させる穴居さす	けっきょさせるけっきょさす	kekkyo saseru kekkyo sasu
Potential	穴居できる	けっきょできる	kekkyo dekiru
Volitional	穴居しよう	けっきょしよう	kekkyo shiyō
Negative	穴居しない	けっきょしない	kekkyo shinai
Negative continuative	穴居せず	けっきょせず	kekkyo sezu
Formal	穴居します	けっきょします	kekkyo shimasu
Perfective	穴居した	けっきょした	kekkyo shita
Conjunctive	穴居して	けっきょして	kekkyo shite
Hypothetical conditional	穴居すれば	けっきょすれば	kekkyo sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative