長物
Chinese
long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop |
thing; object; matter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (長物) | 長 | 物 | |
| simp. (长物) | 长 | 物 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chángwù
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chángwù
- Wade–Giles: chʻang2-wu4
- Yale: cháng-wù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngwuh
- Palladius: чанъу (čanʺu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ u⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, dated in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhàngwù
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngwù
- Wade–Giles: chang4-wu4
- Yale: jàng-wù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janqwuh
- Palladius: чжанъу (čžanʺu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: zoeng2 mat6
- Yale: jéung maht
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng2 mat9
- Guangdong Romanization: zêng2 med6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ mɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
Noun
長物
- (literary, humble) superfluous thing; valuable thing
- 既長物不能盡載，乃先去書之重大印本者，又去畫之多幅者，又去古器之無款識者，後又去書之監本者，畫之平常者，器之重大者。凡屢減去，尚載書十五車。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 11 Sept 1132, 李清照 (Li Qingzhao),《〈金石錄〉後序》
- Jì chángwù bùnéng jìn zài, nǎi xiān qù shū zhī zhòngdà yìnběn zhě, yòu qù huà zhī duō fú zhě, yòu qù gǔqì zhī wú kuǎnzhì zhě, hòu yòu qù shū zhī jiānběn zhě, huà zhī píngcháng zhě, qì zhī zhòngdà zhě. Fán lǚ jiǎn qù, shàng zàishū shíwǔ chē. [Pinyin]
- Since we could not take the overabundance of our possessions with us, we first gave up the bulky printed volumes, the albums of paintings, and the most cumbersome of the vessels. Thus we reduced the size of the collection several times, and still we had fifteen cartloads of books.
(Translated by Stephen Owen)
既长物不能尽载，乃先去书之重大印本者，又去画之多幅者，又去古器之无款识者，后又去书之监本者，画之平常者，器之重大者。凡屡减去，尚载书十五车。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]