用具

Chinese

		to use	tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
simp. and trad. (用具)		用	具

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ geoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yung-khí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ēng-kū / iōng-kū / iōng-kī / iōng-khū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngjyù
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-chü⁴
    • Yale: yùng-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqjiuh
    • Palladius: юнцзюй (junczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ geoi⁶
    • Yale: yuhng geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² kɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung ki`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung<sup>4</sup> ki<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵ kʰi³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung ki`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ ki³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵ kʰi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng-kū
    • Tâi-lô: īng-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exngku
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ku²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ku⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-kū
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngku
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ku³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ku²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ku³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-kī
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-khū
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngqu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰu³³/

Noun

用具

1. utensil; apparatus; paraphernalia (Classifier: 件)

   烹飪用具／烹饪用具  ―  pēngrèn yòngjù  ―  cooking utensil

   吸毒用具  ―  xīdú yòngjù  ―  drug paraphernalia

Synonyms

• 器 (qì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 器具 (qìjù)
• 器物 (qìwù)
• 器用 (qìyòng) (literary)
• 器皿 (qìmǐn)
• 工具 (gōngjù)
• 用器 (yòngqì) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (用具):

• → Japanese: 用具(ようぐ) (yōgu)
• → Korean: 용구(用具) (yonggu)
• → Vietnamese: dụng cụ (用具)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	具
よう Grade: 2	ぐ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

用(よう)具(ぐ) • (yōgu) 

1. instrument, tool, implements, goods

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
用	具

Noun

用具

1. chữ Hán form of dụng cụ (“utensil; tool”).