物質

See also: 物质

Chinese
thing; object; matter
 
hostage; substance; nature
hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (物質) 物 質
simp. (物质) 物 质

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Tang dynasty. Popularized from Japanese 物質(ぶっしつ) (busshitsu)

Pronunciation

Noun

物質

  1. matter; material; substance
    放射性物質／放射性物质  ―  fàngshèxìng wùzhì  ―  radioactive material
    物質戒斷／物质戒断  ―  wùzhì jièduàn  ―  substance withdrawal
    毒物質含量超過正常許可值數倍。 [MSC, trad.]
    毒物质含量超过正常许可值数倍。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dúwùzhì hánliàng chāoguò zhèngcháng xǔkězhí shù bèi. [Pinyin]
    The content of toxins in the substance exceeds twice the allowed quantity.
  2. means of subsistence; livelihood; wealth

Synonyms

Adjective

物質

  1. (colloquial) materialistic
    你也太物質了吧。 [MSC, trad.]
    你也太物质了吧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ yě tài wùzhì le ba. [Pinyin]
    You're too materialistic.

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (物質):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
物 質
ぶつ > ぶっ
Grade: 3		 しつ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぶっしつ [bùsshítsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɕːi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

物(ぶっ)質(しつ) • (busshitsu) 

  1. material, substance

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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), 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
Hanja in this term
物質

Noun

物質 • (muljil) (hangeul 물질)

  1. Hanja form? of 물질 (“a substance”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
物質

Noun

物質

  1. chữ Hán form of vật chất (“matter”).
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