木偶

木偶

Chinese

		tree; wood	accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate
trad. (木偶)		木	偶
simp. #(木偶)		木	偶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mù'ǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ ngau⁵
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-gió / bo̍k-ngó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ ngou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mù'ǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mù-ǒu
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-ou³
    • Yale: mù-ǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhoou
    • Palladius: муоу (muou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ ngau⁵
    • Yale: muhk ngáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ ngau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ ngeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² ŋɐu̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-gió
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-gió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boggioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogngor
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhag⁸ ngou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k ngóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bak̚⁴⁻² ŋou⁵²/

Noun

木偶

1. wooden image; carved figure
2. puppet; marionette

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 柴尪仔
• (Xiang) 木腦殼／木脑壳

Derived terms

提線木偶／提线木偶 (tíxiàn mù'ǒu)

木偶戲／木偶戏 (mù'ǒuxì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	偶
でく
Grade: 1	Grade: S
jukujikun

Etymology

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Noun

木偶(でく) • (deku) 

1. carved wooden figure
2. puppet
3. useless person

Derived terms

• 木偶(でく)の坊(ぼう) (dekunobō)