動物

See also: 动物

Chinese
 
to move; to change; to use; to act
 thing; object; matter
trad. (動物) 動 物
simp. (动物) 动 物
Literally: “moving thing”.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 動 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 徒揔切 文弗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /duŋX/ /mɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /duŋX/ /miut̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /duŋX/ /miuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dəwŋX/ /mut̚/
Li
Rong		 /duŋX/ /miuət̚/
Wang
Li		 /duŋX/ /mĭuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱuŋX/ /mi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dòng wù
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 動 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dòng wù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ duwngX › ‹ mjut ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[Cə-m-]tˁoŋʔ/ /*C.mut/
English move thing

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 動 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 17449 13218
Phonetic
component		 重 勿
Rime
group		 東 物
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 動 物
Old
Chinese		 /*doːŋʔ/ /*mɯd/

Noun

動物

  1. animal (Classifier: 隻／只 m; 群; 個／个)
    動物本能 / 动物本能  ―  dòngwù běnnéng  ―  animal instinct
    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? [Pinyin]
    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? [Pinyin]
    What are the functions of an animal’s tail?

Antonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms from 動物

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (動物):

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
動 物
どう
Grade: 3		 ぶつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 動物

Pronunciation

Noun

動物 (hiragana どうぶつ, rōmaji dōbutsu)

  1. animal

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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
動物

Noun

動物 • (dongmul) (hangeul 동물)

  1. Hanja form? of 동물 (“animal”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
動物

Noun

動物

  1. Hán tự form of động vật (“animal”).
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