怪物

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàiwu, guàiwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄨ, ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄨˋ

• 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, 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/
• 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 怪物

1. monster
2. freak

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Japanese

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

Noun

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

1. a monster
   • 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.

   Synonyms: 化け物 (bakemono), モンスター (monsutā)

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.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
怪	物

Noun

怪物 • (goemul) (hangeul 괴물)

1. hanja form^? of 괴물 (“monster”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
怪	物

Noun

怪物

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