怪物

Chinese

		queer; to blame	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (怪物)		怪	物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàiwu, guàiwù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄨ, ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ mat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koai-vu̍t
Min Nan (POJ): koài-bu̍t / koài-mn̍gh / koài-mi̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: guàiwu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay.u
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ u¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: guàiwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaywuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaai³ mat⁶
  - Yale: gwaai maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai³ med⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɑːi̯³³ mɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koai-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: guai vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guai⁴ vud⁶
  - IPA: /ku̯ai̯⁵⁵ vut̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kuài-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koae'but
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai²¹⁻⁴¹ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuai¹¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-mn̍gh
  - Tâi-lô: kuài-mn̍gh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaemngh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍ʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-mi̍h
  - Tâi-lô: kuài-mi̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaemih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ mĩʔ⁴/

Noun

怪物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怪	物
かい Grade: S	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) かいぶつ [kàíbútsú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ibɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

怪物 (hiragana かいぶつ, rōmaji kaibutsu, historical hiragana くわいぶつ)

a monster
- 1999 February 4, “バビロン [Babylon]”, in Vol.1 (in Japanese), Konami:
  一 (ひと)つ目 (め)の巨 (きょ)大 (だい)な怪 (かい)物 (ぶつ)。目 (め)玉 (だま)からビームを発 (はっ)射 (しゃ)して攻 (こう)撃 (げき)する。
  Hitotsu me no kyodai na kaibutsu. Medama kara bīmu o hassha shite kōgeki suru.
  A giant one-eyed monster who attacks by firing beams out of his eyeball.
- 1999 December 1, “ミノタウルス [Minotaurus]”, in BOOSTER 6 (in Japanese), Konami:
  すごい力 (ちから)を持 (も)つウシの怪 (かい)物 (ぶつ)。オノひと振 (ふ)りで何 (なに)でもなぎ倒 (たお)す。
  Sugoi chikara o motsu ushi no kaibutsu. Ono hitofuri de nani demo nagitaosu.
  A bovine monster with tremendous power who chops up anyone in his way with one ax swing.
Synonyms: 化け物 (bakemono), モンスター (monsutā)
a mysterious figure

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
怪	物

Noun

怪物 • (goemul) (hangeul 괴물)

Hanja form^? of 괴물 (“monster”).

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