物 (mat6 | wu4) : thing; substance; stuff

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物

mat6

wu4

[1] [n] thing; substance; creature; being; matter [2] content; substance; stuff [3] the physical world; nature [4] other people

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 牛 (#93)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

物

This word has been viewed 20843 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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食物 sik6 mat6 shi2 wu4 = food; foodstuff

動物園 dung6 mat6 jyun4 dong4 wu4 yuan2 = zoo

禮物 lai5 mat6 li3 wu4 = present; gift

動物 dung6 mat6 dong4 wu4 = animal; fauna

植物園 zik6 mat6 jyun4 zhi2 wu4 yuan2 = botanical garden

生物 sang1 mat6 sheng1 wu4 = living creature

寵物 cung2 mat6 chong3 wu4 = a pet (animal)

藥物 joek6 mat6 yao4 wu4 = medicines

物品 mat6 ban2 wu4 pin3 = things; goods; articles; materials

妖物 jiu2 mat6 yao1 wu4 = monster
See all 309 compounds (CantoDict reports 359 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 29 examples containing 物

獵豹唔可以做寵物㗎！粵
You can't keep a cheetah as a pet!
[Lit. cheetah cannot do pet [particle]]

肉是一種食物, 它取自動物。國
Meat is a type of food, it comes from animals.

聖誕節之前只剩下二十三天買禮物了！國
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

你想要咩聖誕禮物呀？粵
What would you like for Christmas?
[(implying presents)]

你聖誕節要什麼禮物？國
What would you like for Christmas?
[(implying presents)]

若果你唔乖﹐聖誕老人就唔送禮物畀你粵
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents.

你不乖的話，聖誕老公公就不會送你禮物了！國
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!

我都上網買禮物國
I buy gifts on the Internet.

我最憎包禮物！粵
I hate wrapping up presents!

我最討厭包禮物了！國
I hate wrapping up presents!

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Decimal representation of this word: 物
Unicode code for this character: U+7269 (off-site link)

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