物

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Pronunciation : wù

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Meaning :
  1. thing; matter. (n)
  2. the outside world as distinct from oneself; other people. (n)
  3. content; substance. (n)
Radical : 牜
Strokes : 8
Traditional : 物
Usage : 51.4%
Common Words / Phrases:
1.
物品
wù pǐn

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 : article; goods; stuff; thing; item
2.
动物
dòng wù

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 : animal
3.
植物
zhí wù

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 : plant
4.
食物
shí wù

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 : food
5.
事物
shì wù

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 : thing; object
6.
生物
shēng wù

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 : living things
7.
物体
wù tǐ

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 : 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 ！

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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 。

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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 。

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两 : two
个 : measure word
物体 : object
摩擦 : rub
会 : will
生 : produce
热 : heat, hot
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February 2nd, 2010 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , , ,

Comments (2)

JinfangFebruary 7th, 2010 at 3:24 pm

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.

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Min Min Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 12:18 pm

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.

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