玩具

玩具

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
simp. and trad. (玩具)		玩	具

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ geoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngòan-khí
• Min Nan (POJ): oán-kū / oán-kī / goán-khū / goán-kī / goán-kū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wánjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanjiw
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯än³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ geoi⁶
    • Yale: wuhn geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ gêu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² kɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngòan-khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: nguanˇ ki`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nguan² ki³
    • IPA: /ŋu̯an¹¹ kʰi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-kū
    • Tâi-lô: uán-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnku
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-kī
    • Tâi-lô: uán-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goán-khū
    • Tâi-lô: guán-khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goafnqu
    • IPA (Taipei): /guan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰu³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goán-kī
    • Tâi-lô: guán-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goafnki
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goán-kū
    • Tâi-lô: guán-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goafnku
    • IPA (Taipei): /guan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku³³/

Noun

玩具

1. toy (Classifier: 個／个)

   兒童玩具 / 儿童玩具  ―  értóng wánjù  ―  children's toys

   益智玩具  ―  yìzhì wánjù  ―  educational toys

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玩具 (“toy”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩具
Mandarin	Beijing	玩意兒, 玩玩意兒, 玩印子
	Taiwan	玩具
Cantonese	Hong Kong	玩具
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	玩具
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	玩具
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	玩具
	Dongshi (Dabu)	玩具
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	玩具
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	童物
Min Dong	Fuzhou	客佻乇
Min Nan	Xiamen	𨑨迌物
	Quanzhou	𨑨迌物
	Zhangzhou	𨑨迌物
	Taipei	尪仔物
	Kaohsiung	𨑨迌物仔
	Tainan	𨑨迌物
	Taichung	𨑨迌物仔
	Wuqi	𨑨迌物仔
	Hsinchu	𨑨迌物仔
	Taitung	𨑨迌物仔
	Lukang	𨑨迌物仔
	Yilan	𨑨迌物仔
	Magong	𨑨迌物
Wu	Shanghai	白相幹

Derived terms

填充玩具 性玩具 (xìngwánjù) 模型玩具

玩具娃娃 (wánjù wáwa) 聲控玩具／声控玩具 電動玩具／电动玩具 (diàndòng wánjù)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
玩	具
Grade: S	Grade: 3
Irregular

Alteration of 御 (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 持ち遊び (mochiasobi, “toy”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) おも​ちゃ [òmóꜜchà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

玩具 (hiragana おもちゃ, rōmaji omocha)

1. (colloquial) a toy, plaything

   Synonyms: 遊び道具 (asobi dōgu), トイ (toi), 持ち遊び (mochiasobi), 弄び (moteasobi), 弄び物 (moteasobi-mono)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 玩具 (おもちゃ)絵 (え) (omocha-e)
• 玩具 (おもちゃ)カボチャ (omocha kabocha)
• 玩具 (おもちゃ)花 (はな)火 (び) (omocha hanabi)
• 玩具 (おもちゃ)箱 (ばこ) (omochabako)
• 大人 (おとな)の玩具 (おもちゃ) (otona no omocha)

Idioms

• 玩具 (おもちゃ)にする (omocha ni suru, “do with toys → play”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
玩	具
がん Grade: S	ぐ Grade: 3
on’yomi

/ɡwan ɡu/ → /ɡaŋɡu/

From Middle Chinese 玩具 (MC ŋuɑn^H ɡɨo^H).

Alternative forms

• 翫具

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) が​んぐ [gáꜜǹgù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ŋɡɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

玩具 (hiragana がんぐ, rōmaji gangu, historical hiragana ぐわんぐ)

1. (formal) a toy, plaything

   Synonyms: 遊び道具 (asobi dōgu), 玩物 (ganbutsu), トイ (toi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 玩 (がん)具 (ぐ)菓 (か)子 (し) (gangu kashi)
• 玩 (がん)具 (ぐ)銃 (じゅう) (gangujū)
• カプセル玩 (がん)具 (ぐ) (kapuseru gangu)
• 郷 (きょう)土 (ど)玩 (がん)具 (ぐ) (kyōdo gangu)
• 共 (きょう)遊 (ゆう)玩 (がん)具 (ぐ) (kyōyū gangu)
• 食品 (しょくひん)玩 (がん)具 (ぐ) (shokuhin gangu)
• スマート玩 (がん)具 (ぐ) (sumāto gangu)
• 知 (ち)育 (いく)玩 (がん)具 (ぐ) (chiiku gangu)
• 調 (ちょう)理 (り)玩 (がん)具 (ぐ) (chōri gangu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN