魁梧

Chinese

		chief; head	Sterculia platanifolia
trad. (魁梧)		魁	梧
simp. ^#(魁梧)		魁	梧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuíwú

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ ng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoe-ngô͘ / khoe-gô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuíwú
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuéiwú
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuei²-wu²
  - Yale: kwéi-wú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kweiwu
  - Palladius: куйу (kuju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fui¹ ng⁴
  - Yale: fūi ǹgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ ng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ ng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe-ngô͘
  - Tâi-lô: khue-ngôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoengoo
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue³³ ŋɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe-gô͘
  - Tâi-lô: khue-gôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoe'goo
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue³³ ɡɔ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɔ¹³/

Adjective

魁梧

big and tall; stalwart; sturdy

Synonyms

俁俁 / 俣俣 (yǔyǔ) (literary)
巖巖 / 岩岩 (yányán) (literary)
雄偉 / 雄伟 (xióngwěi)
高大 (gāodà)
高長 / 高长 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
魁偉 / 魁伟 (kuíwěi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (魁梧):

→ Japanese: 魁梧(かいご) (kaigo)
→ Vietnamese: khôi ngô (魁梧)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魁	梧
かい Jinmeiyō	ご Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいご [káꜜìgò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠iɡo̞]

Noun

魁(かい)梧(ご) • (kaigo) ^{←くわいご (kwaigo)^?}

a thing that is large and fine

References

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

“^▲魁^▲梧”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026