購物

See also: 购物

Chinese

		to buy; to purchase	thing; object; matter
trad. (購物)		購	物
simp. (购物)		购	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòuwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ mat⁶ / gau³ mat⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gou³ muêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòuwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòuwù
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: gòu-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowwuh
    • Palladius: гоуу (gouu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ mat⁶ / gau³ mat⁶
    • Yale: kau maht / gau maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ mat⁹ / gau³ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ med⁶ / geo³ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ mɐt̚²/, /kɐu̯³³ mɐt̚²/

Note:

• kau3 mat6 - common;
• gau3 mat6 - prescribed.

• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou³ muêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòu mue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mueʔ⁴/

Verb

購物

1. to go shopping

   購物指南／购物指南  ―  gòuwù zhǐnán  ―  shopping directory

Synonyms

• 買東西／买东西, 血拼 (xuèpīn), 瞎拼 (xiāpīn); (Cantonese) 鳩嗚／鸠呜, 買嘢／买嘢, 濕平／湿平