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Definition 2024

玩物

玩物

Chinese

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

Noun

玩物

(literary) treasured valuables
(pejorative) 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

Verb

玩物

(literary) to play with objects; to appreciate valuables

Derived terms

玩物喪志／玩物丧志

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wánwù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ mat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wánwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanwuh
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n³⁵ u⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: wánrwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: walwuh
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁶ mat⁶
  - Yale: wuhn maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ mat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² mɐt̚²/

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wánwù, wànwù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ, ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ mat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wánwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanwuh
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n³⁵ u⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, literary; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wànwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannwuh
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁶ mat⁶
  - Yale: wuhn maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ mat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² mɐt̚²/