具體

See also: 具体

Chinese

		tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (具體)		具	體
simp. (具体)		具	体

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts. Used in Mencius's writings with a meaning close to the literal sense, the entirety is arranged, in order. Reborrowed from Japanese 具体(ぐたい) (gutai), which was repurposed in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) by Inoue Tetsujirō as a translation of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English term concrete, as opposed to abstract.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùtǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶ tai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khi-thí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū-thé / kī-thé / khū-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùtǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-tʻi³
    • Yale: jyù-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhtii
    • Palladius: цзюйти (czjujti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶ tai²
    • Yale: geuih tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khi-thí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki ti`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki⁴ ti³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵⁵ tʰi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-thé
    • Tâi-lô: kū-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxtea
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ tʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻²² tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku³³⁻²¹ tʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ tʰe⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-thé
    • Tâi-lô: kī-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixtea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ tʰe⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khū-thé
    • Tâi-lô: khū-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quxtea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu³³⁻²¹ tʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu³³⁻¹¹ tʰe⁵³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 具體

1. specific; particular; concrete; exact

   具體位置／具体位置  ―  jùtǐ wèizhì  ―  exact location

Antonyms

• 抽象 (chōuxiàng)
• 空洞 (kōngdòng)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
具	體
ぐ Grade: 3	たい Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 具体

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
具	體

Adjective

具體

1. chữ Hán form of cụ thể (“specific; concrete; detailed”).