寵物

寵物

See also: 宠物

Chinese

		to love; to pamper; to spoil to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor	thing; object; matter
trad. (寵物)		寵	物
simp. (宠物)		宠	物
Literally: “loved/spoiled thing”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung² mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǒngwù → chǒngwu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋ → ㄔㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choong.wuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴ u⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǒngwùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choongwull
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ wuɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung² mat⁶
    • Yale: chúng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung² mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung² med⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ mɐt̚²/

Noun

寵物

1. pet (animal kept as a companion)

   養寵物 / 养宠物  ―  yǎng chǒngwù  ―  to keep pets