源氏物語

Chinese

			monogatari; tale; story monogatari; tale; story; legend
trad. (源氏物語)		源氏	物語
simp. (源氏物语)		源氏	物语

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuánshì Wùyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ si⁶ mat⁶ jyu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Goân-sī Bu̍t-gú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yuánshì Wùyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yuánshìh Wùyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Yüan²-shih⁴ Wu⁴-yü³
  - Yale: Ywán-shr̀ Wù-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuanshyh Wuhyeu
  - Palladius: Юаньши Уюй (Juanʹši Ujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ si⁶ mat⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: yùhn sih maht yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ si⁶ mat⁹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ xi⁶ med⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ siː²² mɐt̚² jyː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goân-sī Bu̍t-gú
  - Tâi-lô: Guân-sī Bu̍t-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goansi budguo
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³⁻¹¹ but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/

Proper noun

源氏物語

The Tale of Genji

Japanese

Kanji in this term
源	氏	物	語
げん Grade: 6	し > じ Grade: 4	もの Grade: 3	かた(り) > がた(り) Grade: 2
kan'on		kun'yomi

Etymology

From 源氏 (Genji, short for 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji), its titular protagonist) +‎ 物語 (monogatari, “story, tale”).

Proper noun

源(げん)氏(じ)物(もの)語(がたり) • (Genji Monogatari)

The Tale of Genji (novel by Murasaki Shikibu)
Synonyms: 源氏 (Genji), 紫史 (Shishi), 紫文 (Shibun), 紫 (Murasaki)

Descendants

Chinese: 源氏物語 / 源氏物语 (Yuánshì Wùyǔ)