長物

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	thing; object; matter
trad. (長物)		長	物
simp. (长物)		长	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángwù, zhàngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄨˋ, ㄓㄤˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángwù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-wu⁴
    • Yale: cháng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngwuh
    • Palladius: чанъу (čanʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngwù
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: jàng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janqwuh
    • Palladius: чжанъу (čžanʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/

Note: The reading zhàngwù is considered outdated by the Xiandai hanyu cidian and Xiandai hanyu guifan cidian.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² mat⁶
    • Yale: jéung maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ mɐt̚²/

Noun

長物

1. (literary) superfluous thing; valuable thing

Derived terms

• 別無長物／别无长物