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Definitions4 characters
bu4 yi1 zhi4 zi4
(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case)/inconsistent characters (e.g. liu², shu¹ and yu⁴, which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations

As word

1
bu4
(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case)/inconsistent characters (e.g. [liu2], [shu1] and [yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
2
yi1
(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case)/inconsistent characters (e.g. [liu2], [shu1] and [yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
3
zhi4
(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case)/inconsistent characters (e.g. [liu2], [shu1] and [yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)
4
zi4
(orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case)/inconsistent characters (e.g. [liu2], [shu1] and [yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component)