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  mat6   jyutping
  wu4   pinyin
[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: (#93)

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

This word has been viewed 20907 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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detail  sik6 mat6  shi2 wu4 = food; foodstuff
detail  dung6 mat6 jyun4  dong4 wu4 yuan2 = zoo
detail  lai5 mat6  li3 wu4 = present; gift
detail  dung6 mat6  dong4 wu4 = animal; fauna
detail  zik6 mat6 jyun4  zhi2 wu4 yuan2 = botanical garden
detail  sang1 mat6  sheng1 wu4 = living creature
detail  cung2 mat6  chong3 wu4 = a pet (animal)
detail  joek6 mat6  yao4 wu4 = medicines
detail  mat6 ban2  wu4 pin3 = things; goods; articles; materials
detail  jiu2 mat6  yao1 wu4 = monster
See all 309 compounds (CantoDict reports 359 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 29 examples containing 物
detail 獵豹唔可以寵物
You can't keep a cheetah as a pet!
[Lit. cheetah cannot do pet [particle]]
detail 一種食物, 取自動物
Meat is a type of food, it comes from animals.
detail 聖誕節之前剩下二十三禮物
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail audio 想要聖誕禮物
What would you like for Christmas?
[(implying presents)]
detail 聖誕節什麼禮物
What would you like for Christmas?
[(implying presents)]
detail audio 若果聖誕老人送禮畀你
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents.
detail 的話聖誕老公公不會禮物
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!
detail 上網禮物
I buy gifts on the Internet.
detail audio 禮物
I hate wrapping up presents!
detail 討厭禮物
I hate wrapping up presents!
detail 春節動物發情期
Animals mate during spring.
detail 唔好呢啲防腐劑食物
Don't buy food with preservatives!
[Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]
detail 古靈精怪動物
A weird and imaginative animal.
detail 獵豹世界上動物
The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.
[Lit. cheetah is world-on run-manner most fast [possessive particle] animal]
detail 國立歷史博物館
National Museum of History
[(Name used by Taiwan)]
detail audio 食咗腐敗食物容易生病
You are liable to get sick by eating putrid food.
detail 通常博物館搵到古董
Antiques can usually be found in museums.
detail audio 人一世物一世,出嚟旅行乜都應該試下
Live the moment and enjoy life, when travelling, one should try out and experience everything.
detail 現在流行事物時候成為明日黃花
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.
detail 老師我哋參觀二次大戰博物館軍人塚
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.
detail 捐款拯救瀕臨絕種動物
Please donate to help save the endangered animals.
detail 一個別具一格建築物
I will bring you to see a unique building.
detail 小小心意受落禮物唔好抰嚟抰去
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.
detail 生果一種有益健康食物
Fresh fruit is a kind of food that's beneficial to health.
detail 獅子動物園出嚟
A lion escaped from the zoo.
detail 獅子動物園唔見咗
A lion went missing from the zoo.
detail 獅子動物園逃走
A lion escaped from the zoo.
[Not as common as this version: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/1391/]
detail 嗰陣時親眼見到獅子動物園嗰度出嚟
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo!
[Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]
detail 大批物資災區
A great amount of goods have been transported to the disaster area.
[Passive voice can often be expressed without using the passive marker 被 or other similar prepositions, esp for written expressions. ]
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