古物

Chinese

		ancient; old	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (古物)		古	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔwù
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-wu⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuwuh
    • Palladius: гуу (guu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² mat⁶
    • Yale: gú maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ mɐt̚²/

Noun

古物

1. ancient relic; antique; antiquity

Synonyms

• 古文物 (gǔwénwù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古物):

• → Japanese: 古(こ)物(ぶつ) (kobutsu)
• → Korean: 고물(古物) (gomul)