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

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• 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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      edit edit 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 Meinong)
    • 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

1. 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])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑibɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

事(じ)物(ぶつ) • (jibutsu) 

1. thing; object; matter

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	物

Noun

事物 • (samul) (hangeul 사물)

1. Hanja form^? of 사물 (“thing; object; matter”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
事	物

Noun

事物

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