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寵物

寵物

See also: 宠物

Chinese

		to love; to pamper; to spoil to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor	thing; object; matter
trad. (寵物)		寵	物
simp. (宠物)		宠	物
Literally: “loved/spoiled thing”.

Noun

寵物

pet (animal kept as a companion)
養寵物 / 养宠物 ― yǎng chǒngwù ― to keep pets

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chǒngwù

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung² mat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chǒngwù → chǒngwu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋ → ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choong.wuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴ u⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: chǒngwùr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˇ ㄨˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choongwull
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ wuɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung² mat⁶
  - Yale: chúng maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung² mat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ mɐt̚²/