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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wù | wu4
English translation
thing
object
matter
abbr. for physics 物理 wùlǐ
thing, substance, matter; creature

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Niú

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

牛勿

Semantic compound

Niú

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Niú represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things".

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接著我们 wǒmen 致力 zhìlì zhǎo chū 能够 néng gòu 减弱 jiǎn ruò 辐射 fúshè de 聚合物 jù hé wù .

Then we got involved with trying to find polymers that attenuate radiation.

植物 zhíwù de 本性 běn xìng shì Xiàng shǎng tǐng cuàn 争取 zhēngqǔ 阳光 yángguāng .

It's the nature of plants to strain upwards to the light.

百物 bǎi wù 涨价 zhǎng jià shí ,觉得 juéde 料理 liào lǐ 家务 jiāwù hěn nán .

She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

银器 yín qì shì hěn hǎo de 结婚 jiéhūn 礼物 lǐwù .

Silver makes a good wedding present.

chūn huí 大地 dà dì , 万物 wàn wù 复苏 fù sū shì 令人 lìng rén 异常 yìcháng 喜悦 xǐyuè de Duàn 时光 shíguāng .

The return of spring, and the revivification of nature, is a period hailed with uncommon delight.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
礼物 lǐwù gift禮物
thing
动物 dòngwù animal動物
人物 rénwù person人物 rénwù
食物 shíwù food食物 shíwù
药物 yào wù medicaments藥物
生物 shēngwù organism生物 shēngwù
物质 wùzhì matter物質
购物 gòuwù shopping購物
怪物 guài wu monster怪物 guài wu
物品 wù pǐn articles物品 wù pǐn
事物 shìwù thing事物 shìwù
植物 zhíwù plant植物 zhíwù
博物馆 bówùguǎn museum博物館
宠物 chǒngwù house pet寵物
物理 wùlǐ physics物理 wùlǐ
废物 fèi wù rubbish廢物
文物 wénwù cultural relic文物 wénwù
货物 huò wù goods貨物
物业 wùyè property物業
物资 wùzī goods物資
物价 wù jià (commodity) prices物價
物体 wù tǐ object物體
建筑物 jiàn zhù wù building建築物
动物园 dòng wù yuán zoo動物園

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