以物易物

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	thing; object; matter	change; easy; simple	thing; object; matter
trad. (以物易物)		以	物	易	物
simp. #(以物易物)		以	物	易	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐwùyìwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ mat⁶ jik⁶ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐwùyìwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐwùyìwù
    • Wade–Giles: i³-wu⁴-i⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: yǐ-wù-yì-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiwuhyihwuh
    • Palladius: иуиу (iuiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ mat⁶ jik⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: yíh maht yihk maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ mat⁹ jik⁹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ med⁶ yig⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ mɐt̚² jɪk̚² mɐt̚²/

Idiom

以物易物

1. to barter; bartering