# 物語
## Chinese

* 物語

### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 物(もの)語(がたり) (monogatari).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wùyǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mat$^6$ jyu$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-gú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wùyǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wùyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: wù-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhyeu
*** Palladius: уюй (ujuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$ jyu$^5$
*** Yale: maht yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$ jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$ yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚² jyː¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-gú
*** Tâi-lô: bu̍t-gú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: budguo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² ɡu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡu⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁴¹/

### Noun

物語
* monogatari
* (in Japanese contexts) tale; story; legend

#### Synonyms

* (tale): 故事 (gùshi), 情節／情节 (qíngjié); (Cantonese) 古仔; (Jin) 瞎話／瞎话

#### Derived terms

* 平家物語 / 平家物语
* 源氏物語 / 源氏物语 (Yuánshì Wùyǔ)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 物 | 語 |
| もの Grade: 3 | かた(り) > がた(り) Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ものがたり [mònógáꜜtàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

### Noun

物(もの)語(がたり) • (monogatari)
* a tale; a story
    源(げん)氏(じ)物(もの)語(がたり)
       Genji Monogatari
       The Tale of Genji
    指(ゆび)輪(わ)物(もの)語(がたり)
       Yubiwa Monogatari
       The Tale of the Rings
    パイの物(もの)語(がたり)
       Pai no Monogatari
       Story of Pi
** 1998 December 18 [1977 August 15], Fyodor Dostoyevsky with Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰 [Crime and Punishment], 10th edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:
    この物(もの)語(がたり)は革(かく)命(めい)前(ぜん)夜(や)の帝(てい)政(せい)ロシアにおいて退(たい)廃(はん)と貧(ひん)困(こん)にあけくれたぺテルブルグの町(まち)に起(お)こった……
       Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……
       This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy…

#### Usage notes

Refers especially to a fictional or fictionalized narrative, the Japanese equivalent of the Western epic or saga, although not in poetical form and of much shorter length.

#### Coordinate terms

* 逸(いつ)話(わ) (itsuwa): anecdotes
* お話(はなし) (o-hanashi): talking story
* 寓(ぐう)話(わ) (gūwa): allegory
* 自(じ)伝(でん) (jiden): autobiography
* 神(しん)話(わ) (shinwa): myth
* 説(せつ)話(わ) (setsuwa): narrative
* 伝(でん)説(せつ) (densetsu): legend
* 童(どう)話(わ) (dōwa): fairytale
* 法(ほう)話(わ) (hōwa): Buddhist sermon
* 民(みん)話(わ) (minwa): folklore
* 対(たい)話(わ) (taiwa): dialogue
* 会(かい)話(わ) (kaiwa): conversation
* 談(だん)話(わ) (danwa): discourse
* 夢(ゆめ)物(もの)語(がたり) (yumemonogatari): pipe dream
* 昔(むかし)話(ばなし) (mukashibanashi): old tale
* 古(こ)話(せつ) (kosetsu): ancient belief
* 伝(でん)承(しょう) (denshō): lore
* 小(しょう)説(せつ) (shōsetsu): novel
* 作(つくり)話(ばなし) (tsukuribanashi): fiction
* 古(こ)伝(でん) (koden): old legend
* 譬(たとえ)話(ばなし) (tatoebanashi): parable
* 伽(とぎ)話(ばなし) (togibanashi): nursery tale

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.