動物

See also: 动物

Chinese

to move; to change; to use
to move; to change; to use; to act
 
 thing; object; matter
trad. (動物) 動 物
simp. (动物) 动 物

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 動 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 徒揔切 文弗切
Baxter duwngX mjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duŋX/ /mɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duŋX/ /miut̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/duŋX/ /miuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dəwŋX/ /mut̚/
Li
Rong 		/duŋX/ /miuət̚/
Wang
Li 		/duŋX/ /mĭuət̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱuŋX/ /mi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dòng wù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dung6 mat6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 動 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dòng wù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ duwngX › ‹ mjut ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[Cə-m-]tˁoŋʔ/ /*C.mut/
English move thing

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 動 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 17449 13218
Phonetic
component 		重 勿
Rime
group 		東 物
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		動 物
Old
Chinese 		/*doːŋʔ/ /*mɯd/

Noun

動物

  1. animal; creature (Classifier: 隻／只 m; 群; 個／个)
    動物本能／动物本能  ―  dòngwù běnnéng  ―  animal instinct
    螯肢動物／螯肢动物  ―  áozhī dòngwù  ―  cheliceral creature
    虐待動物／虐待动物  ―  nüèdài dòngwù  ―  to be cruel to animals; animal cruelty
    珍稀動物／珍稀动物  ―  zhēnxī dòngwù  ―  rare animals
    有毒動物／有毒动物  ―  yǒudú dòngwù  ―  venomous animal
    你最想成為哪種動物？ [MSC, trad.]
    你最想成为哪种动物？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zuì xiǎng chéngwéi nǎ zhǒng dòngwù? [Pinyin]
    What animal would you most like to be?
    動物的尾巴有什麼功能？ [MSC, trad.]
    动物的尾巴有什么功能？ [MSC, simp.]
    Dòngwù de wěiba yǒu shénme gōngnéng? [Pinyin]
    What are the functions of an animal’s tail?
    急轉彎以避免撞到動物是造成車禍的主要原因。 [MSC, trad.]
    急转弯以避免撞到动物是造成车祸的主要原因。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jízhuǎnwān yǐ bìmiǎn zhuàng dào dòngwù shì zàochéng chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn. [Pinyin]
    Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes.
  2. (literally) moving thing

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “moving thing”): 靜物／静物 (jìngwù)

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (動物):
  • → Japanese: 動物(どうぶつ) (dōbutsu)
  • → Korean: 동물(動物) (dongmul)
  • → Vietnamese: động vật (動物)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動 物
どう
Grade: 3 		ぶつ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 動物 (duwngX mjut)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) どーぶつ [dòóbútsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

動(どう)物(ぶつ) • (dōbutsu) ←だうぶつ (daubutu)?

  1. animal

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
動物

Noun

動物 • (dongmul) (hangeul 동물)

  1. hanja form? of 동물 (“animal”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動物

Noun

動物

  1. chữ Hán form of động vật (“animal”)
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