動植物

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See also: 动植物

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	to plant	thing; object; matter
trad. (動植物)		動	植	物
simp. (动植物)		动	植	物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòngzhíwù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄓˊ ㄨˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōng-si̍t-bu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dòngzhíwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄓˊ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dòngjhíhwù
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-chih²-wu⁴
  - Yale: dùng-jŕ-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqjyrwuh
  - Palladius: дунчжиу (dunčžiu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ u⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-si̍t-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-si̍t-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxngsidbut
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sit̚⁴⁻³² but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² sit̚²⁴⁻² but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ sit̚⁴⁻³² but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ sit̚⁴⁻³² but̚⁴/

Noun

動植物

plants and animals; flora and fauna

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	植	物
どう Grade: 3	しょく Grade: 3	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーしょくぶつ (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

動(どう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) • (dōshokubutsu) ^{←どうしよくぶつ (dousyokubutu)^?}

plants and animals; flora and fauna

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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