实物 (shí wù) — (noun) concrete object, physical item; (noun) in kind (as opposed to cash or virtual form)
Definition
实物 refers to a tangible, physical object — what you can see and hold. Contrast with 物质 (matter/substance in physics) and 实体 (an abstract 'entity' like a business); 实物 is the concrete, item-level sense.
noun
concrete objectphysical itemin kind (as opposed to cash or virtual form)
Measure word · 个
Easily confused
Examples
- 实物。Wǎng shàng kàn dào de tú piàn hé shí wù bú tài yí yàng.The pictures seen online are not quite the same as the actual object.
- 实物，。Gōng sī gěi de jiǎng lì shì shí wù, bú shì xiàn jīn.The reward from the company is in kind, not cash.
- 实物，。Bó wù guǎn lǐ zhǎn chū de shì shí wù, bú shì fù zhì pǐn.What is displayed in the museum is the real object, not a replica.
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