事物

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (事物)		事	物
anagram		物事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìwù

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ mat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-vu̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-bu̍t / sū-bu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwù
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wu⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwuh
  - Palladius: шиу (šiu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    世務 / 世务
    事務 / 事务
    事物
    飾物 / 饰物
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ mat⁶
  - Yale: sih maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² mɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ vud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ vut̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-bu̍t
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² but̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sū-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxbut
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/

Noun

事物

thing; object; matter
抽象事物 ― chōuxiàng shìwù ― abstract thing

我在這裡接觸了這麼多的新鮮事物，我真是大開眼界。 [MSC, trad.]
我在这里接触了这么多的新鲜事物，我真是大开眼界。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zài zhèlǐ jiēchù le zhème duō de xīnxiān shìwù, wǒ zhēnshì dàkāiyǎnjiè. [Pinyin]
I have come into contact with so many new things here — it's been really eye-opening.

Synonyms

(informal) 玩意 (wányì)

Related terms

事情 (shìqing)
事務／事务 (shìwù)
物體／物体 (wùtǐ)
物質／物质 (wùzhì)
現象／现象 (xiànxiàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	物
じ Grade: 3	ぶつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じぶつ [jíꜜbùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑibɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

事(じ)物(ぶつ) • (jibutsu)

thing; object; matter

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	物

Noun

事物 • (samul) (hangeul 사물)

hanja form^? of 사물 (“thing; object; matter”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
事	物

Noun

事物

chữ Hán form of sự vật (“thing; matter”)