博物

Chinese

		extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble	thing; object; matter
trad. (博物)		博	物
simp. ^#(博物)		博	物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bówù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ mat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pok-vu̍t
Eastern Min (BUC): báuk-ŭk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phok-bu̍t / pok-bu̍t
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷poq-veq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bówù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bówù
  - Wade–Giles: po²-wu⁴
  - Yale: bwó-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borwuh
  - Palladius: бо’у (bo’u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ u⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    薄霧 / 薄雾
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bok³ mat⁶
  - Yale: bok maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ mɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pok-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: bog^ˋ vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bog⁵ vud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pok̚² vut̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: báuk-ŭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouʔ²⁴⁻²¹ uʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: phok-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phokbut
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: pok-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pokbut
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷poq-veq
  - MiniDict: poh^入 veh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴poq-veq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /poʔ³³ vəʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

博物

(literary) every manifestation of nature; all living things
(dated) natural science; physical science

Synonyms

(every manifestation of nature): 萬物／万物 (wànwù)
(natural science): 自然科學／自然科学 (zìrán kēxué)

Derived terms

博物學 / 博物学 (bówùxué)
博物院 (bówùyuàn)
博物館 / 博物馆 (bówùguǎn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
博	物
はく Grade: 4	ぶつ Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 博物 (bówù, “to know about everything; to have such broad knowledge”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟bɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

博(はく)物(ぶつ) • (hakubutsu)

natural history, wide learning

Synonyms

博物学(はくぶつがく) (hakubutsugaku) the study of natural history

Descendants

→ Chinese: 博物 (bówù)
→ Korean: 박물 (bangmul)

Korean

Hanja in this term
博	物

Noun

博物 • (bangmul) (hangeul 박물)

hanja form^? of 박물 (“natural history; wide knowledge”)