Saturday, March 2, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: 傀儡

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傀儡
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===Pronunciation===

  

===Pronunciation===
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* {{a|Beijing}} {{IPA|/kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/|lang=cmn}}

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* {{a|Beijing}} {{IPA|/kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/|/ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/|lang=cmn}}
   
 

===Noun===

  

===Noun===
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{{cmn-noun|ts|pin=kuǐlěi|pint=kui3lei3|rs=艸05}}

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{{cmn-noun|ts|pin=[[kuǐlěi]], [[guīlěi]]|pint=kui3lei3|rs=艸05}}
   
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# [[puppet]]

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# (''kuǐlěi'')
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# {{figurative}} [[puppet]], someone who is [[manipulate]]d by another

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## [[puppet]]
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## {{figurative}} [[puppet]], someone who is [[manipulate]]d by another
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# (''guīlěi'')
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## [[sulks]], [[pent-up]] [[sorrow]]
   
 

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Latest revision as of 21:56, 2 March 2013

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
傀 儡

[edit] Etymology 1

Perhaps cognate with kugutsu ("hand bag"). Wondering artisans would put their puppets in hand bags while traveling.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

傀儡 (hiragana くぐつ, romaji kugutsu)

  1. a puppet
  2. a female artisan who wandered from place to place, entertaining and performing with a puppet.
  3. a prostitute.

[edit] Etymology 2

kwairai > kairai.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

傀儡 (hiragana かいらい, romaji kairai, historical hiragana くゎいらい)

  1. A puppet
  2. A person who is used to use or controlled as pleased like a puppet by a 'puppetmaster'.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Korean

Hanja in this word
傀 儡

[edit] Noun

傀儡 (goeroe)

  1. Hanja form? of 괴뢰, "puppet".

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Etymology

From 傀 ("(塊) chunk, lump") + 儡 ("(壘) to pile up, to accumulate"). Semantically, "statues made of soil and timber" (Liezi) > "puppet" > "(figurative) puppet" (Qing Dynasty); also "sulks, pent-up sorrow" (Qing Dynasty).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Beijing) IPA: /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

[edit] Noun

傀儡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kuǐlěi, guīlěi)

  1. (kuǐlěi)
    1. puppet
    2. (figuratively) puppet, someone who is manipulated by another
  2. (guīlěi)
    1. sulks, pent-up sorrow

[edit] See also

[edit] Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
傀 儡

[edit] Noun

傀儡

  1. Hán tự form of quỷ lỗi, "puppet"
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