怪物

Chinese

		queer; to blame	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (怪物)		怪	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guàiwu, guàiwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄨ, ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄨˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуэвә (guevə, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ mat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koai-vu̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koài-bu̍t / koài-mn̍gh / koài-mi̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, for non-literary senses, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàiwu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàiwů
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-wu⁵
    • Yale: gwài-wu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay.u
    • Palladius: гуайу (guaju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ u¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàiwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàiwù
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: gwài-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaywuh
    • Palladius: гуайу (guaju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуэвә (guevə, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɛ⁴⁴ və²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai³ mat⁶
    • Yale: gwaai maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai³ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koai-vu̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: guai vud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guai⁴ vud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯ai̯⁵⁵ vut̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kuài-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koae'but
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ but̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai²¹⁻⁴¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuai¹¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-mn̍gh
    • Tâi-lô: kuài-mn̍gh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaemngh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍ʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-mi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kuài-mi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaemih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ mĩʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kweajH mjut

Rime
Character	怪	物
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	文 (60)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古壞切	文弗切
Baxter	kweajH	mjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛiH/	/mɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæiH/	/miut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐiH/	/miuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨjH/	/mut̚/
Li Rong	/kuɛiH/	/miuət̚/
Wang Li	/kwɐiH/	/mĭuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwăiH/	/mi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guài	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaai3	mat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤrə-s  C.mut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruːds  mɯd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	怪	物
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guài	wù
Middle Chinese	‹ kwɛjH ›	‹ mjut ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁrə-s/	/*C.mut/
English	extraordinary	thing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	怪	物
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7501	13218
Phonetic component	圣	勿
Rime group	隊	物
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	怪	物
Old Chinese	/*kruːds/	/*mɯd/

Noun

怪物

1. monster
2. freak (eccentric person)
3. (video games) monster (non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games)
4. (chiefly archaic) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 怪 (guài),‎ 物 (wù).
   1. 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. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

        Shānlín, chuāngǔ, qiūlíng, néng chū yún, wéi fēngyǔ, xiàn guàiwù, jiē yuē shén. [Pinyin]

        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. [Pinyin]

        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

• (monster):

• 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

Kanji in this term
怪	物
かい Grade: S	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいぶつ [kàíbútsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ibɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

怪(かい)物(ぶつ) • (kaibutsu) ^{←くわいぶつ (kwaibutu)?}

1. 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(ひと)つ目(め)の巨(きょ)大(だい)な怪(かい)物(ぶつ)。目(め)玉(だま)からビームを発(はっ)射(しゃ)して攻(こう)撃(げき)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(ちから)を持(も)つウシの怪(かい)物(ぶつ)。オノひと振(ふ)りで何(なに)でもなぎ倒(たお)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.

2. 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

Hanja in this term
怪	物

Noun

怪物 • (goemul) (hangeul 괴물)

1. Hanja form^? of 괴물 (“monster”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
怪	物

Noun

怪物

1. chữ Hán form of quái vật (“monster”).