用具

Chinese

		to use	tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
simp. and trad. (用具)		用	具

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòngjù

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ geoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yung-khí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ēng-kū / iōng-kū / iōng-kī / iōng-khū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòngjù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòngjyù
  - Wade–Giles: yung⁴-chü⁴
  - Yale: yùng-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqjiuh
  - Palladius: юнцзюй (junczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁶ geoi⁶
  - Yale: yuhng geuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ goey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ gêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² kɵy̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-khí
  - Hakka Romanization System: iung ki`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ ki³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵ kʰi³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-khí
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung ki`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ ki³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵ kʰi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng-kū
  - Tâi-lô: īng-kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: exngku
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ku²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ku⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-kū
  - Tâi-lô: iōng-kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngku
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ku³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ku²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ku³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-kī
  - Tâi-lô: iōng-kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngki
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ki²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-khū
  - Tâi-lô: iōng-khū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngqu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰu³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰu³³/

Noun

用具

utensil; apparatus; paraphernalia (Classifier: 件)
烹飪用具／烹饪用具 ― pēngrèn yòngjù ― cooking utensil

吸毒用具 ― xīdú yòngjù ― drug paraphernalia

Synonyms

器 (qì) (literary, or in compounds)
器具 (qìjù)
器物 (qìwù)
器用 (qìyòng) (literary)
器皿 (qìmǐn)
工具 (gōngjù)
用器 (yòngqì) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (用具):

→ Japanese: 用具(ようぐ) (yōgu)
→ Korean: 용구(用具) (yonggu)
→ Vietnamese: dụng cụ (用具)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	具
よう Grade: 2	ぐ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɡɯ̟]

Noun

用(よう)具(ぐ) • (yōgu)

instrument, tool, implements, goods

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
用	具

Noun

用具

chữ Hán form of dụng cụ (“utensil; tool”).