物質

See also: 物质

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (物質)		物	質
simp. (物质)		物	质

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Tang dynasty. Popularized from Japanese 物質(ぶっしつ) (busshitsu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùzhì, wùzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄓˋ, ㄨˋ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ zat¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vu̍t-chṳt
Eastern Min (BUC): ŭk-cék
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-chit
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸veq-tseq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wùzhì → wùzhi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄓˋ → ㄨˋ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùjhi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: wu⁴-chih⁵
  - Yale: wù-jr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh.jyh
  - Palladius: учжи (učži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /u⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wùzhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùjhíh
  - Wade–Giles: wu⁴-chih²
  - Yale: wù-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhjyr
  - Palladius: учжи (učži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    物質 / 物质
    誤植 / 误植
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ zat¹
  - Yale: maht jāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ dzat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ zed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² t͡sɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu̍t-chṳt
  - Hakka Romanization System: vud ziid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vud⁶ zid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /vut̚⁵ t͡sɨt̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭk-cék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uʔ⁵⁻²¹ t͡sɛiʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-chit
  - Tâi-lô: bu̍t-tsit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: budcid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² t͡sit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸veq-tseq
  - MiniDict: veh^入 tseh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵veq-tseq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ¹¹ t͡səʔ²³/

Noun

物質

matter; material; substance
放射性物質／放射性物质 ― fàngshèxìng wùzhì ― radioactive material

物質戒斷／物质戒断 ― wùzhì jièduàn ― substance withdrawal

毒物質含量超過正常許可值數倍。 [MSC, trad.]
毒物质含量超过正常许可值数倍。 [MSC, simp.]
Dúwùzhì hánliàng chāoguò zhèngcháng xǔkězhí shù bèi. [Pinyin]
The content of toxins in the substance exceeds twice the allowed quantity.
means of subsistence; livelihood; wealth

Synonyms

(matter): 質／质 (zhì)

Adjective

物質

(colloquial) materialistic
你也太物質了吧。 [MSC, trad.]
你也太物质了吧。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ yě tài wùzhì le ba. [Pinyin]
You're too materialistic.

Derived terms

化學物質 / 化学物质 (huàxué wùzhì)
反物質 / 反物质 (fǎnwùzhì)
可孕物質 / 可孕物质
引發物質 / 引发物质
控制物質 / 控制物质 (kòngzhì wùzhì)
日冕物質拋射 / 日冕物质抛射 (rìmiǎn wùzhì pāoshè)
星際物質 / 星际物质
暗物質 / 暗物质 (ànwùzhì)
物質三態 / 物质三态
物質不滅律 / 物质不灭律
物質主義 / 物质主义 (wùzhìzhǔyì)
物質女 / 物质女 (wùzhìnǚ)
物質建設 / 物质建设
物質文明 / 物质文明 (wùzhì wénmíng)
物質條件 / 物质条件 (wùzhì tiáojiàn)
物質波 / 物质波
物質狀態 / 物质状态 (wùzhì zhuàngtài)
物質生活 / 物质生活 (wùzhì shēnghuó)
物質的量 / 物质的量 (wùzhì de liàng)
礦物質 / 矿物质 (kuàngwùzhì)
神經傳導物質 / 神经传导物质 (shénjīng chuándǎo wùzhì)
純物質 / 纯物质
致癌物質 / 致癌物质 (zhì'ái wùzhì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (物質):

→ Japanese: 物質(ぶっしつ) (busshitsu)
→ Korean: 물질(物質) (muljil)
→ Vietnamese: vật chất (物質)

Related terms

事情 (shìqing)
事物 (shìwù)
事務／事务 (shìwù)
物體／物体 (wùtǐ)
現象／现象 (xiànxiàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	質
ぶつ > ぶっ Grade: 3	しつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶっしつ [bùsshítsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ɕːi̥t͡sɨ]

Noun

物(ぶっ)質(しつ) • (busshitsu)

material, substance

Derived terms

制癌物質(せいがんぶっしつ) (seiganbusshitsu)
発癌物質(はつがんぶっしつ) (hatsuganbusshitsu): carcinogen
反物質(はんぶっしつ) (hanbusshitsu): antimatter
物質界(ぶっしつかい) (busshitsukai): the material world
物質主義(ぶっしつしゅぎ) (busshitsushugi): materialism
放射性物質(ほうしゃせいぶっしつ) (hōshaseibusshitsu): radioactive substance

References

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

Noun

物質 • (muljil) (hangeul 물질)

hanja form^? of 물질 (“a substance”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
物	質

Noun

物質

chữ Hán form of vật chất (“matter”)

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

[NHK-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

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