物 (wù) — thing, object; matter, affair | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

物 is a bound morpheme (cannot stand alone) meaning 'thing, object, or matter'. It appears as a component in many common nouns such as 食物 (food), 动物 (animal), 植物 (plant), 人物 (person), 事物 (thing/affair), and 礼物 (gift). In philosophical or literary contexts, 物 can refer to the external world as opposed to the self (物 vs 我).

b.f.

thingobjectmatteraffair

Examples

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Zhè zhǒng shí wù hěn jiànkāng.
This kind of food is very healthy.
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Dòng wù shì rénlèi de péngyou.
Animals are friends of humans.
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Tā sòng le wǒ yí fèn lǐ wù.
He gave me a gift.

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