器物

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Chinese

		device; tool; utensil	thing; object; matter
trad. (器物)		器	物
simp. ^#(器物)		器	物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìwù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ mat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hi-vu̍t
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khì-bu̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki³ muêh⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìwù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-wu⁴
  - Yale: chì-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihwuh
  - Palladius: циу (ciu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ mat⁶
  - Yale: hei maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ mɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ vud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ vut̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: khì-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qie'but
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki³ muêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì mue̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mueʔ⁴/

Noun

器物

tool; instrument; implement (Classifier: 件)

Synonyms

器 (qì) (literary, or in compounds)
器具 (qìjù)
器用 (qìyòng) (literary)
器皿 (qìmǐn)
工具 (gōngjù)
用具 (yòngjù)
用器 (yòngqì) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (器物):

→ Japanese: 器(き)物(ぶつ) (kibutsu)
→ Korean: 기물(器物) (gimul)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
器	物
き Grade: 4	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
器物 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きぶつ (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

器(き)物(ぶつ) • (kibutsu)

container; receptacle; utensil; furniture; fixture; personal property (legal)

References

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

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