五臟六腑

See also: 五臓六腑 and 五脏六腑

Chinese

	five internal organs
trad. (五臟六腑)	五臟	六腑
simp. (五脏六腑)	五脏	六腑
alternative forms	五藏六府

Etymology

The idea that the human body contains five zang organs and six fu organs is first attested in 239 BCE Lüshi Chunqiu.

凡人三百六十節，九竅五藏六府。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

凡人三百六十节，九窍五藏六府。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

Fán rén sānbǎi liùshí jié, jiǔ qiào wǔ zàng liù fǔ. [Pinyin]

[The body of] a human being has 360 joints, nine apertures, five sorts of viscera and six kind of entrails.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔzàng liùfǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄗㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ zong⁶ luk⁶ fu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-chōng-lio̍k-hú

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngou⁶ zang⁶ lag⁸ hu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ng-zaon-loq-fu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔzàng liùfǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄗㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔzàng liòufǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-tsang⁴ liu⁴-fu³
  - Yale: wǔ-dzàng lyòu-fǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutzanq liowfuu
  - Palladius: уцзан люфу (uczan ljufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ zong⁶ luk⁶ fu²
  - Yale: ńgh johng luhk fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ dzong⁶ luk⁹ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ zong⁶ lug⁶ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ t͡sɔːŋ²² lʊk̚² fuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-chōng-lio̍k-hú
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo-tsōng-lio̍k-hú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofzoxnglioghuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ³³⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hu⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngou⁶ zang⁶ lag⁸ hu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏu tsăng la̍k hú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡saŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ lak̚⁴⁻² hu⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ng-zaon-loq-fu
  - MiniDict: ng^去 zaon loh fu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhngg-zaan-loq-fu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋ̍²² zɑ̃⁵⁵ loʔ³³ fu²¹/

Idiom

五臟六腑

The five solid organs and six hollow organs; the internal organs

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (五臟六腑):

→ Japanese: 五(ご)臓(ぞう)六(ろっ)腑(ぷ) (gozō roppu)
→ Korean: 오장육부(五臟六腑) (ojang'yukbu)
→ Vietnamese: ngũ tạng lục phủ (五臟六腑)

⇒ Vietnamese: lục phủ ngũ tạng

Korean

Hanja in this term
五	臟	六	腑

Noun

五臟六腑 • (ojang'yukbu) (hangeul 오장육부)

hanja form^? of 오장육부 (“internal organs”)