寵物

See also: 宠物

Chinese

	to love; to pamper; to spoil to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favour	thing; object; matter
trad. (寵物)	寵	物
simp. (宠物)	宠	物
Literally: “loved/spoiled thing”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǒngwù

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung² mat⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thióng-bu̍t / chhóng-bu̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): tong² muêh⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǒngwù → chǒngwu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋ → ㄔㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǒngwů
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung³-wu⁵
  - Yale: chǔng-wu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choong.wuh
  - Palladius: чунъу (čunʺu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴ u⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǒngwùr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǒngwùr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung³-wu⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: chǔng-wùr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choongwull
  - Palladius: чунъур (čunʺur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ uɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung² mat⁶
  - Yale: chúng maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung² mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung² med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ mɐt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thióng-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: thióng-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiofngbut
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhóng-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tshóng-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhofngbut
  - IPA (Longyan): /t͡sʰoŋ²¹ but̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tong² muêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóng mue̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ mueʔ⁴/

Noun

寵物

pet (animal kept as a companion)
養寵物／养宠物 ― yǎng chǒngwù ― to keep pets

把寵物當自己的孩子養 [MSC, trad.]
把宠物当自己的孩子养 [MSC, simp.]
bǎ chǒngwù dàng zìjǐ de háizi yǎng [Pinyin]
to raise one's pets like one's children

禁止寵物入內。／禁止宠物入内。 ― Jìnzhǐ chǒngwù rùnèi. ― No pets allowed.

要想外出度假時，寵物會成為牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
要想外出度假时，宠物会成为牵累。 [MSC, simp.]
Yào xiǎng wàichū dùjià shí, chǒngwù huì chéngwéi qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
Pets can be a burden when you want to go away on holiday.

寵物被很多人認作是人類的朋友。 [MSC, trad.]
宠物被很多人认作是人类的朋友。 [MSC, simp.]
Chǒngwù bèi hěn duō rén rènzuò shì rénlèi de péngyou. [Pinyin]
Pets are considered by many people as friends of human beings.

Derived terms

寵物小精靈／宠物小精灵 (Chǒngwù Xiǎo Jīnglíng)

References

郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “宠物”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 484.