物事

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (物事)		物	事
anagram		事物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ si⁶
Northern Min (KCR): mi̿-dī
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸meq-zy₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wùshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùshìh
  - Wade–Giles: wu⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: wù-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhshyh
  - Palladius: уши (uši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    物事
    誤事／误事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: maht sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² siː²²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mi̿-dī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³ ti⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁸meq-zy₆
  - MiniDict: meh^入 zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq-zr₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ zz̩²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /məʔ²² zz̩⁵²³/

Noun

物事

(literary) matter; everything
(dialectal) thing
儂看買點啥個物事撥伊吃吃？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
侬看买点啥个物事拨伊吃吃？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁶non ⁵khoe ⁶ma-ti₅ ⁵sa-gheq₈ ⁸meq-zy₆ ⁷peq ⁶yi ⁷chiq--chiq₇ [Wugniu]
What things do you think we should buy for him to eat?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing; object”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		物
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		東西
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	東西
	Taiwan	東西
	Chifeng	東西
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	東西
	Harbin	東西
	Shenyang	東西
	Malaysia	東西
	Singapore	東西
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	東西
	Tangshan	東西
	Cangzhou	東西
	Baoding	東西
	Shijiazhuang	物件兒
	Jinan	東西, 黃子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	東西, 東兒, 物兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	東西
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	東西
	Wanrong	東西
	Zhengzhou	東西
	Xi'an	東西
	Xining	東西
	Xuzhou	東西
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	東西
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	東西
	Lanzhou	東西
	Ürümqi	東西
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	東西
	Chongqing	東西, 家私
	Wuhan	東西, 家伙
	Guiyang	東西
	Kunming	東西
	Guilin	東西
	Liuzhou	東西, 物件 rural
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	東西
	Yangzhou	東子, 東西
	Nantong	東西
	Hefei	東西
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘢
	Hong Kong	嘢
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	嘢
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	嘢
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嘢
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嘢
	Macau	嘢
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	嘢
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嘢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	嘢
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嘢
	Foshan	嘢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	閒嘢
	Foshan (Shunde)	嘢
	Foshan (Sanshui)	嘢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	嘢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	嘢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	嘢
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	嘢
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	閒嘢
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	嘢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	閒嘢
	Taishan	閒嘢, 嘢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	閒嘢, 嘢
	Enping (Niujiang)	家伙
	Heshan (Yayao)	閒嘢
	Dongguan	嘢
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嘢
	Qingyuan	嘢
	Fogang	嘢
	Yingde (Hanguang)	嘢
	Yangshan	嘢
	Lianshan (Butian)	功夫, 東西
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	功夫
	Shaoguan	嘢
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嘢
	Renhua	嘢, 東西
	Lechang	嘢
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	嘢
	Sihui	閒嘢
	Guangning	閒嘢
	Deqing	東西
	Huaiji	嘢
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	嘢
	Yunfu	嘢
	Xinxing	家伙
	Luoding	嘢
	Yangjiang	嘢
	Xinyi	嘢
	Lianjiang	嘢
	Nanning	嘢
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嘢
	Penang (Guangfu)	嘢
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘢
Gan	Nanchang	東西
	Lichuan	東西
	Pingxiang	東西
Hakka	Meixian	東西
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	閒嘢, 嘢
	Huiyang	東西
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	東西
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	東西
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嘢
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	東西
	Changting	東西
	Wuping	東西
	Liancheng	東西, 物事
	Ninghua	東西
	Yudu	東西
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	東西
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	東西
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	東西
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	東西
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	東西
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	物件
	Hong Kong	東西
	Sabah (Bao'an)	東西
	Senai (Huiyang)	東西
Huizhou	Jixi	物事
Huizhou	Shexian	物事
Jin	Taiyuan	東西
	Xinzhou	東西
	Linhe	東西
	Jining	東西
	Hohhot	東西
	Zhangjiakou	東西
	Handan	東西
Northern Min	Jian'ou	物事
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	物二
	Songxi	物事
	Zhenghe	二
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	二
	Jianyang	事
	Wuyishan	事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	契
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	乇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	乇
	Fuqing	乇
	Pingtan	乇
	Yongtai	乇
	Gutian	乇
	Fu'an	乇
	Ningde	乇
	Shouning	乇
	Zhouning	乇
	Fuding	乇
	Matsu	乇
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	物件, 物
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	物件
	Quanzhou	物件
	Jinjiang	物件
	Nan'an	物件
	Shishi	物件, 物
	Hui'an	物件
	Anxi	物件
	Yongchun	物件
	Dehua	物件
	Zhangzhou	物件
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	物件
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	物件
	Hua'an	物件
	Nanjing	物件
	Pinghe	物件
	Zhangpu	物件
	Yunxiao	物仔
	Zhao'an	物件
	Dongshan	物件
	Taipei	物件
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	物件
	Kaohsiung	物仔, 物件
	Yilan	物仔, 物件
	Changhua (Lukang)	物, 物件
	Taichung	物件
	Tainan	物仔, 物件
	Hsinchu	物件
	Kinmen	物, 物件
	Penghu (Magong)	物, 物件
	Penang (Hokkien)	物件
	Singapore (Hokkien)	物件
	Manila (Hokkien)	物件
	Longyan	物
	Zhangping	物
	Datian	物事
	Chaozhou	物件, 物
	Shantou	物件
	Lufeng	前後
	Haifeng	零細
	Bangkok (Teochew)	物件
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	物件
	Singapore (Teochew)	物件
	Leizhou	物
	Wenchang	物
	Haikou	物
	Qionghai	物
	Singapore (Hainanese)	物
Puxian Min	Putian	物乇
Puxian Min	Xianyou	物乇
Central Min	Yong'an	貨
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	貨
	Sanming (Shaxian)	貨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	嘢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘢
Wu	Shanghai	物事, 東西
	Shanghai (Chongming)	物事
	Suzhou	物事
	Tongxiang	東西
	Danyang	東西
	Hangzhou	東西
	Ningbo	東西
	Wenzhou	物事, 物色, 名堂
	Jinhua	東西
Xiang	Changsha	東西, 家伙
Xiang	Shuangfeng	東西, 家伙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	事
もの Grade: 3	こと > ごと Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ものごと (Nakadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

物(もの)事(ごと) • (monogoto)

things, everything
物事(ものごと)にはそれぞれの論理(ろんり)がある。
Monogoto ni wa sorezore no ronri ga aru.
Things have their own logic.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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