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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-bu̍t

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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    古物
    穀物 / 谷物
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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofbut
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/

Noun

古物

ancient relic; antique; antiquity

Synonyms

古文物 (gǔwénwù)
(Hokkien) 古早物

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古物):

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