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

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wun⁶ geoi⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngon⁵ gui⁵ / ngon⁵ gui^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngòan-khí
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oán-kū / oán-kī / goán-khū / goán-kī / goán-kū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang² gu⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶woe-jiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánjyù
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-chü⁴
    • Yale: wán-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanjiuh
    • Palladius: ваньцзюй (vanʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ geoi⁶
    • Yale: wuhn geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² kɵy̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngon⁵ gui⁵ / ngon⁵ gui^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡᵘɔn³² kui³²/, /ᵑɡᵘɔn³² kui³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngòan-khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: nguan^ˇ ki^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nguan² ki³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋu̯an¹¹ kʰi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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 (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰu³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goán-kī
    • Tâi-lô: guán-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goafnki
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goán-kū
    • Tâi-lô: guán-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goafnku
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguang² gu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguáng kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ku³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶woe-jiu
    • MiniDict: woe^去 jiu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuoe-jjy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuø²² d͡ʑy⁴⁴/

Noun

玩具

1. toy (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 件 m c)

   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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	玩意兒, 玩玩意兒, 玩印子
	Taiwan	玩具
	Singapore	玩具
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	玩意兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	耍貨
	Xi'an	耍貨子
	Xining	耍貨
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	耍拉兒, 玩意兒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	耍拉兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耍頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耍玩意兒, 玩具
	Wuhan	耍貨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	耍貨
Cantonese	Hong Kong	玩具, 嘢玩
	Taishan	玩具
Gan	Pingxiang	耍個仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	玩具
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	玩具
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	玩具
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	玩具
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	玩具
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	童物
Jin	Taiyuan	耍貨, 玩兒具
	Xinzhou	耍貨兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	𨑨迌物
	Quanzhou	𨑨迌物
	Zhangzhou	𨑨迌物, 𨑨迌物仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	尪仔物
	Kaohsiung	𨑨迌物仔
	Yilan	𨑨迌物仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	𨑨迌物仔
	Taichung	𨑨迌物仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𨑨迌物仔
	Tainan	𨑨迌物
	Taitung	𨑨迌物仔
	Hsinchu	𨑨迌物仔
	Penghu (Magong)	𨑨迌物
	Penang (Hokkien)	尪公仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	𨑨迌物
	Jieyang	𨑨迌物件, 羅坐物件
	Haikou	弄具
Wu	Shanghai	白相幹, 玩具
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	白相幹
	Ningbo	嬲和東西, 白相果
	Wenzhou	狡調個物事
Xiang	Loudi	耍把戲

Derived terms

• 填充玩具
• 性玩具 (xìngwánjù)
• 模型玩具 (móxíng wánjù)
• 玩具娃娃 (wánjù wáwa)
• 聲控玩具／声控玩具
• 電動玩具／电动玩具 (diàndòng wánjù)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
玩	具
おもちゃ
Grade: S	Grade: 3
jukujikun

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おもちゃ [òmóꜜchà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

玩具(おもちゃ) • (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)

   • 1959, “おもちゃのチャチャチャ [Toy dancing Cha Cha Cha]”, 野坂昭如 (lyrics), 越部信義 (music):

     きょうはおもちゃの　おまつりだ　みんなたのしく　うたいましょ

     kyōha omochano omatsurida minna tanoshiku uta imasho

     Today is a festival for toys. Everyone, let's singing happily.

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, “treat as a toy → 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 ngwanH gjuH).

Alternative forms

• 翫具

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がんぐ [gáꜜǹgù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ŋɡɯ̟]

Noun

玩(がん)具(ぐ) • (gangu) ^{←ぐわんぐ (gwangu)?}

1. (formal) a toy, plaything

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 玩具(がんぐ)菓子(かし) (gangu kashi)
• 玩具(がんぐ)銃(じゅう) (gangujū)
• カプセル玩具(がんぐ) (kapuseru gangu)
• 郷土(きょうど)玩具(がんぐ) (kyōdo gangu)
• 共遊(きょうゆう)玩具(がんぐ) (kyōyū gangu)
• 食品(しょくひん)玩具(がんぐ) (shokuhin gangu)
• スマート玩具(がんぐ) (sumāto gangu)
• 知(ち)育(いく)玩具(がんぐ) (chīku gangu)
• 調理(ちょうり)玩具(がんぐ) (chōri gangu)