the outside world as distinct from oneself; other people. (n)
content; substance. (n)
Radical
:
牜
Strokes
:
8
Traditional
:
物
Usage
:
51.4%
Common Words / Phrases:
1.
物品
wù pǐn
:
article; goods; stuff; thing; item
2.
动物
dòng wù
:
animal
3.
植物
zhí wù
:
plant
4.
食物
shí wù
:
food
5.
事物
shì wù
:
thing; object
6.
生物
shēng wù
:
living things
7.
物体
wù tǐ
:
body; substance; object
Sentences:
1. Fragile! Handle with care!
yì
suì
wù
pǐn
,
xiǎo
xīn
qīng
fàng
!
易
碎
物
品
，
小
心
轻
放
！
易
:
easy
碎
:
break, broken
物品
:
thing, object
小心
:
careful
轻
:
gently; softly
放
:
release, let go
2. Every coin has two sides.
rèn
hé
shì
wù
dōu
yǒu
liǎng
miàn
xìng
。
任
何
事
物
都
有
两
面
性
。
任何
:
any
事物
:
thing
都
:
all
有
:
have
两面性
:
dual nature; duplicity; ambivalence
两
:
two
面
:
side
3. When two objects are rubbed together they will produce heat.
liǎng
gè
wù
tǐ
mó
cā
huì
shēng
rè
。
两
个
物
体
摩
擦
会
生
热
。
两
:
two
个
:
measure word
物体
:
object
摩擦
:
rub
会
:
will
生
:
produce
热
:
heat, hot
2 thoughts on “物”
Great site. I just started to try it to teach my kids Chinese. Thank you very much!
One thing for discussion: about 事物, I feel “object” is countable so not a very good translation, “matter” may be better. But I am not an expert on either language, so I may be wrong.
Great site. I just started to try it to teach my kids Chinese. Thank you very much!
One thing for discussion: about 事物, I feel “object” is countable so not a very good translation, “matter” may be better. But I am not an expert on either language, so I may be wrong.
Hi Jinfang,
Thanks for visiting my website.
Regarding 事物, from wikipedia (http://zh.wiktionary.org/zh-hans/事物) :
客观存在于自然界的一切物体或现象。
My wild guess is 事物 = 事情 + 物体。
And from Google dictionary,
事物 and 事情
I think “thing” is a more suitable word to describe “事物”, but “object” and “matter” are not wrong also.
Thanks for your suggestion.