物事

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

• Wu (Wiktionary): meq zr (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wùshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhshyh
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 物事 誤事／误事

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: meq zr (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /məʔ¹¹ z̻z̩²³/

Noun

物事

1. (literary) matter; everything
2. (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.]

   [nʊŋ²³ kʰø³⁴ ma̱²² ti⁴⁴ sa̱³³ g̊əʔ⁴⁴ məʔ¹¹ z̻z̩²³ pa̱ʔ³³ i⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵] [IPA]

   What things do you think we should buy to give him to eat?

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Japanese

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

Noun

物事 (hiragana ものごと, rōmaji monogoto)

1. things, everything

   物事 (ものごと)にはそれぞれの論 (ろん)理 (り)がある。

   Monogoto ni wa sorezore no ronri ga aru.

   Things have their own logic.