物理

Chinese

thing; object; matter
to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
 
simp. and trad.
(物理) 		物 理

Pronunciation

Noun

物理

  1. physics
    等離子體物理／等离子体物理  ―  děnglízǐtǐ wùlǐ  ―  plasma physics
  2. (literary) innate nature of things

Adverb

物理

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) literally

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物 理
ぶつ
Grade: 3 		り
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 物理 (“nature of things; how things work; matters in life; life in general”)

Pronunciation

Noun

物(ぶつ)理(り) • (butsuri) 

  1. physics, the physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system
  2. short for 物(ぶつ)理(り)学(がく) (butsurigaku); physics, the branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 物理 (wùlǐ, “physics”)
  • → Korean: 물리 (mulli, “physics”)
  • → Vietnamese: vật lí (“physics”)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
物理

Noun

物理 • (mulli) (hangeul 물리)

  1. hanja form? of 물리 (“physics”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
物理

Noun

物理

  1. chữ Hán form of vật lí (“physics”)
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