活物

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (活物)		活	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huówù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ mat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t-vu̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-bu̍t / oa̍h-mi̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huówù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huówù
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-wu⁴
    • Yale: hwó-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwowuh
    • Palladius: хо’у (xo’u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: wuht maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-vu̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: fad vud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶ vud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵ vut̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqbut
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-mi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-mi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqmih
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ mĩʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mĩʔ⁴/

Noun

活物

1. living thing; living creature

   • 上帝賜福𪜶，上帝閣對𪜶講：「著生湠眞多，充滿佇地上，來卡贏伊；也著治理海裡的魚、天裡的鳥，及地上一切所振動的活物。」 [Hokkien, trad.]
     上帝赐福𪜶，上帝阁对𪜶讲：「著生湠真多，充满伫地上，来卡赢伊；也著治理海里的鱼、天里的鸟，及地上一切所振动的活物。」 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 《聖經台語漢字本》, based on 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 創世記 (Genesis) 1:28

     Siōng-tè sù-hok in, Siōng-tè koh tùi in kóng: “Tio̍h siⁿ-thòaⁿ chin-chōe, chhiong-móa tī tōe-chiūⁿ, lâi khah-iâⁿ i; iā tio̍h tī-lí hái--nih ê hî, thiⁿ--nih ê chiáu, kap tōe-chiūⁿ it-chhè só͘ tín-tāng ê oa̍h-mi̍h.” [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

2. (biology) organism; living being; lifeform (Classifier: 個／个)
3. living person (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• (organism):

• 有機體／有机体 (yǒujītǐ)
• 機體／机体 (jītǐ)
• 生物 (shēngwù)
• 生物體／生物体 (shēngwùtǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (活物):

• → Japanese: 活物(かつぶつ) (katsubutsu)
• → Korean: 활물(活物) (hwalmul)

Verb

活物

1. (literary) to rescue others