古玩

Chinese

		ancient; old	curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself
simp. and trad. (古玩)		古	玩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔwán, gǔwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄢˊ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² wun^6-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-goán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou² nguang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔwán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔwán
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-wan²
    • Yale: gǔ-wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuwan
    • Palladius: гувань (guvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔwàn
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-wan⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuwann
    • Palladius: гувань (guvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² wun^6-2
    • Yale: gú wún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² wun^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² wun^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ wuːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-goán
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-guán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofgoarn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou² nguang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu nguáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋuaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

古玩

1. antique; curio

   古玩收藏不適合猶猶豫豫的人。 [MSC, trad.]
   古玩收藏不适合犹犹豫豫的人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gǔwán shōucáng bù shìhé yóuyóuyùyù de rén. [Pinyin]

   Those who hesitate do not make good antique collectors.

Synonyms

• 古董 (gǔdǒng)
• 文物 (wénwù)

 

Derived terms

• 古玩城 (gǔwánchéng)