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Chinese
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queer; to blame
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thing; object; matter
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simp. and trad.
(怪物)
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怪
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物
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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怪
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物
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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guài
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wù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kwɛjH ›
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‹ mjut ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷˁrə-s/
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/*C.mut/
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| English
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extraordinary
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thing
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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怪
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物
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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7501
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13218
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Phonetic
component
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圣
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勿
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Rime
group
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隊
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物
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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怪
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物
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Old
Chinese
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/*kruːds/
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/*mɯd/
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Noun
怪物
- monster
- freak (eccentric person)
- (video games) monster (non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games)
- (chiefly archaic) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 怪 (guài), 物 (wù).
- unusual or extraordinary things; rare creatures
山林、川谷、丘陵，能出雲、為風雨、見怪物，皆曰神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
山林、川谷、丘陵，能出云、为风雨、见怪物，皆曰神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Shānlín, chuāngǔ, qiūlíng, néng chū yún, wéi fēngyǔ, xiàn guàiwù, jiē yuē shén.
- Of mountains and forests, streams and valleys, hills and mounds, as long as they are able to issue clouds, occasion wind and rain, and produce rare things, one regards them as (in the domain of the) spiritual.
天池之濱、大江之濆，曰有怪物焉，蓋非常鱗凡介之品彙匹儔也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
天池之滨、大江之𣸣，曰有怪物焉，盖非常鳞凡介之品汇匹俦也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: 793, Han Yu (韓愈). Letter Written during the Hong-Ci Examination (《應科目時與人書》)
- Tiānchí zhī bīn, Dàjiāng zhī fén, yuē yǒu guàiwù yān, gài fēi chánglín fánjiè zhī pǐnhuì pǐchóu yě.
- By the side of the Heavenly Lake, or the banks of the Great Jiang, it is reputed that an extraordinary being exists, which perhaps is unlike the sorts of common fishes or shelled creatures.
Synonyms
- 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
- 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
- 妖 (yāo)
- 妖孽 (yāoniè)
- 妖怪 (yāoguài)
- 妖物 (yāowù)
- 妖精 (yāojīng)
- 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
- 妖魔 (yāomó)
- 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 惡魔／恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
- 煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
- 精怪 (jīngguài)
- 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
- 邪魔 (xiémó)
- 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
- 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
- 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
怪物 • (kaibutsu) ←くわいぶつ (kwaibutu)?
- a monster
- Synonyms: 化け物 (bakemono), モンスター (monsutā)
1999 February 4, “バビロン [Babylon]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
- 一つ目の巨大な怪物。目玉からビームを発射して攻撃する。
- Hitotsu me no kyodai na kaibutsu. Medama kara bīmu o hassha shite kōgeki suru.
- A giant one-eyed monster who attacks by firing beams out of his eyeball.
1999 December 1, “ミノタウルス [Minotaurus]”, in BOOSTER 6, Konami:
- すごい力を持つウシの怪物。オノひと振りで何でもなぎ倒す。
- Sugoi chikara o motsu ushi no kaibutsu. Ono hitofuri de nani demo nagitaosu.
- A bovine monster with tremendous power who chops up anyone in his way with one ax swing.
- a mysterious figure
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
怪物 • (goemul) (hangeul 괴물)
- Hanja form? of 괴물 (“monster”).
Vietnamese
Noun
怪物
- chữ Hán form of quái vật (“monster”).
