玉石

Chinese

jade rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad.
(玉石)

Pronunciation


Noun

玉石

  1. jade stone
  2. (figurative) good and bad people (or things)

Derived terms

  • 玉石不分
  • 玉石俱摧
  • 玉石俱焚 (yùshíjùfén)
  • 玉石俱燼玉石俱烬
  • 玉石俱碎
  • 玉石同沉
  • 玉石同焚
  • 玉石同燼玉石同烬
  • 玉石混淆

Proper noun

玉石

  1. () Yushi (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ぎょく
Grade: 1
せき
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 玉石 (MC ngjowk dzyek).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぎょくせき [gyòkúsékí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝse̞kʲi]

Noun

(ぎょく)(せき) • (gyokuseki) ぎよくせき (gyokuseki)?

  1. wheat and chaff, the good and the bad

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たま
Grade: 1
いし
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 玉石 – see the following entry.
たまいし
[noun] round stone
(This term, 玉石, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

玉石 • (okseok) (hangeul 옥석)

  1. Hanja form? of 옥석 (jade).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

玉石

  1. chữ Hán form of ngọc thạch (jade).
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