玩物

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (玩物)		玩	物

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánwù
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-wu⁴
    • Yale: wán-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanwuh
    • Palladius: ваньу (vanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánrwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánrwù
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-ʼrh-wu⁴
    • Yale: wánr-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: walwuh
    • Palladius: ваньру (vanʹru)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: wuhn maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² mɐt̚²/

Noun

玩物

1. (literal, literary) treasured valuables
2. (figurative, derogatory) plaything; toy

   她似乎滿足於做大款的玩物。 [MSC, trad.]
   她似乎满足于做大款的玩物。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā sìhū mǎnzú yú zuò dàkuǎn de wánwù. [Pinyin]

   She seems content with her life as a rich man's plaything.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánwù, wànwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ, ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánwù
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-wu⁴
    • Yale: wán-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanwuh
    • Palladius: ваньу (vanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànwù
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: wàn-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannwuh
    • Palladius: ваньу (vanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: wuhn maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² mɐt̚²/

Verb

玩物

1. (literary) to play with objects; to appreciate valuables

Derived terms

• 玩物喪志／玩物丧志 (wànwùsàngzhì)