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物

wù

HSK 3 Character

What 物 means

1. bound formthing
2. literarythe outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

Example sentences

• 物尽其用
  Take it for what it's worth.
• 物是人非。
  Wùshìrénfēi.
  Things are the same, but people have changed.
• 物以类聚。
  Wùyǐlèijù.
  Birds of a feather flock together.
• 马是动物。
  Horses are animals.
• 动物怕火。
  Animals are afraid of fire.
• 物价上涨。
  Prices went up.

Words starting with 物

• 物质wù zhìmatter; substance; material
• 物理wù lǐphysics; physical; relating to the material world
• 物资wù zīgoods; supplies
• 物美价廉wù měi jià liángood quality and cheap; a bargain
• 物品wù pǐnarticles; goods
• 物业wù yèproperty; real estate; abbr. for 物业管理
• 物价wù jià(commodity) prices
• 物体wù tǐobject; body; substance
• 物流wù liúdistribution (business); logistics
• 物理学wù lǐ xuéphysics
• 物件wù jiànobject
• 物种wù zhǒngspecies
• 物理学家wù lǐ xué jiāphysicist
• 物力wù lìphysical resources (as opposed to labor resources)
• 物色wù sèto look for; to seek out; to choose
• 物产wù chǎnproducts; produce; natural resources
• 物质文明wù zhì wén míngmaterial culture
• 物证wù zhèngmaterial evidence
• 物是人非wù shì rén fēi(idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
• 物事wù shì(literary) affair; matter; business; (dialect) item; thing; stuff
• 物欲wù yùmaterial desire; craving for material things
• 物料wù liàomaterial
• 物权wù quán(law) right in rem; real right
• 物价指数wù jià zhǐ shùprice index

Words containing 物

• 动物dòng wùanimal
• 礼物lǐ wùgift; present
• 购物gòu wùshopping
• 植物zhí wùplant; vegetation
• 人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)…
• 食物shí wùfood
• 事物shì wùthing; object
• 博物馆bó wù guǎnmuseum
• 宠物chǒng wùhouse pet
• 生物shēng wùorganism; living creature; life form; (attributive) biological; bio-
• 文物wén wùcultural relic; historical relic
• 刊物kān wùpublication
• 货物huò wùgoods; commodity; merchandise
• 药物yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication
• 建筑物jiàn zhù wùbuilding; structure; edifice
• 怪物guài wumonster; freak; eccentric person
• 动物园dòng wù yuánzoo
• 万物wàn wùall things; all that exists
• 衣物yī wùclothing; clothing and other personal items
• 产物chǎn wùproduct; result (of)
• 读物dú wùreading material
• 实物shí wùmaterial object; concrete object; original object
• 财物cái wùproperty; belongings
• 吉祥物jí xiáng wùmascot

Characters built on 勿

These share the phonetic component 勿 (wù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 笏hù(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 囫húused in 囫囵
• 芴hū(old) vaguely; suddenly

Characters that look like 物

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 恰qiàexactly; just
• 杨yángpoplar
• 轭èyoke
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

Sounds the same

Read wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 务affair; business; matter
• 误mistake; error; to miss
• 雾fog; mist
• 晤to meet (socially)
• 悟to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 勿do not
• 戊fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fifth in order…
• 坞(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 兀(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet
• 恶to hate; to loathe; ashamed
• 乌used in 乌拉; used in 乌拉草
• 骛(bound form) to rush about; to strive for