물질

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 物質, from 物 (“thing”) + 質 (“basis”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[muɭt͡ɕ͈iɭ]
Phonetic Hangul[물찔]

Revised Romanization^?	muljil
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	muljil
McCune–Reischauer^?	mulchil
Yale Romanization^?	mulqcil

Noun

물질 • (muljil) (hanja 物質)

a substance; a material
wealth; property
material; matter
독성이 있는 요소나 물질.
Dokseong-i inneun yosona muljil.
A poisonous element or substance.

Derived terms

물질적 (muljiljeok, “of or pertaining to a substance”)

References

National Institute of Korean Language; (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

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