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Chinese
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to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
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thing; object; matter
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trad. (動物)
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動
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物
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simp. (动物)
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动
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物
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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動
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物
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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dòng
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wù
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Middle Chinese
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‹ duwngX ›
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‹ mjut ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tˁoŋʔ/
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/*C.mut/
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English
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move
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thing
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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動
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物
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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17449
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13218
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Phonetic component
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重
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勿
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Rime group
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東
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物
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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動
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物
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Old Chinese
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/*doːŋʔ/
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/*mɯd/
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Noun
動物
- animal; creature (Classifier: 隻/只 m; 群; 個/个)
- 動物本能/动物本能 ― dòngwù běnnéng ― animal instinct
- 螯肢動物/螯肢动物 ― áozhī dòngwù ― cheliceral creature
- 虐待動物/虐待动物 ― nüèdài dòngwù ― to be cruel to animals; animal cruelty
- 珍稀動物/珍稀动物 ― zhēnxī dòngwù ― rare animals
你最想成為哪種動物? [MSC, trad.]
你最想成为哪种动物? [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ zuì xiǎng chéngwèi nǎ zhǒng dòngwù?
- What animal would you most like to be?
動物的尾巴有什麼功能? [MSC, trad.]
动物的尾巴有什么功能? [MSC, simp.]- Dòngwù de wěiba yǒu shénme gōngnéng?
- What are the functions of an animal’s tail?
急轉彎以避免撞到動物是造成車禍的主要原因。 [MSC, trad.]
急转弯以避免撞到动物是造成车祸的主要原因。 [MSC, simp.]- Jízhuǎnwān yǐ bìmiǎn zhuàng dào dòngwù shì zàochéng chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn.
- Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes.
- (literally) moving thing
Synonyms
- (animal): 獸類/兽类 (shòulèi), 走獸/走兽 (zǒushòu)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of "moving thing"): 靜物/静物 (jìngwù)
Hypernyms
- (animal): 真核生物 (zhēnhé shēngwù)
Coordinate terms
- (animal): 植物 (zhíwù), 真菌 (zhēnjūn), 原生生物 (yuánshēng shēngwù)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
Middle Chinese 動物 (duŋX mɨut̚)
Pronunciation
Noun
動物 • (dōbutsu) ←だうぶつ (daubutu)?
- animal
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
動物 • (dongmul) (hangeul 동물)
- Hanja form? of 동물 (“animal”).
Vietnamese
Noun
動物
- chữ Hán form of động vật (“animal”).