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Etymology
Reborrowing from Japanese 具体 (gutai), which was repurposed in the 1881 work 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Dictionary of Philosophy”) by Inoue Tetsujirō as a translation of the English term concrete, as opposed to abstract.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi6 tai2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khi-thí
- Min Nan (POJ): kū-thé / kī-thé / khū-thé
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄊㄧˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwtii
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: geoi6 tai2
- Yale: geuih tái
- Cantonese Pinyin: goey6 tai2
- IPA (key): /kɵy̯²² tʰɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khi-thí
- Hakka Romanization System: ki ti`
- Hagfa Pinyim: ki4 ti3
- IPA: /kʰi⁵⁵ tʰi³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-thé
- Tâi-lô: kū-thé
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuxtea
- IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²⁻²¹ tʰe⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹⁻²² tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ku³³⁻¹¹ tʰe⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku³³⁻²¹ tʰe⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-thé
- Tâi-lô: kī-thé
- Phofsit Daibuun: kixtea
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²⁻²¹ tʰe⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khū-thé
- Tâi-lô: khū-thé
- Phofsit Daibuun: quxtea
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰu³³⁻¹¹ tʰe⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu³³⁻²¹ tʰe⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)