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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùzhì, wùzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄓˋ, ㄨˋ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ zat¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vu̍t-chṳt
Min Dong (BUC): ŭk-cék
Min Nan (POJ): bu̍t-chit
Wu (Wiktionary): veq tseq (T5)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wùzhì → wùzhi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄓˋ → ㄨˋ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh.jyh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùjhi̊h
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /u⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: wùzhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄓˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhjy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùjhíh
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    物質／物质
    誤植／误植
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ zat¹
  - Yale: maht jāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ dzat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ zed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² t͡sɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu̍t-chṳt
  - Hakka Romanization System: vud ziid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vud⁶ zid⁵
  - IPA: /vut̚⁵ t͡sɨt̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭk-cék
  - IPA ^(key): /uʔ⁵⁻²¹ t͡sɛiʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-chit
  - Tâi-lô: bu̍t-tsit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: budcid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕit̚³²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: veq tseq (T5)
  - IPA ^(key): /v̻əʔ¹¹ t͡səʔ²³/

Noun

物質

matter; material; substance
means of subsistence; livelihood; wealth

Adjective

物質

(colloquial) materialistic
你也太物質了吧。 / 你也太物质了吧。 ― Nǐ yě tài wùzhì le ba. ― You're too materialistic.

Derived terms

化學物質／化学物质 (huàxué wùzhì)
反物質／反物质 (fǎnwùzhì)
控制物質／控制物质 (kòngzhì wùzhì)
暗物質／暗物质 (ànwùzhì)
物質主義／物质主义 (wùzhìzhǔyì)

物質女／物质女 (wùzhìnǚ)
物質文明／物质文明 (wùzhì wénmíng)
物質條件／物质条件 (wùzhì tiáojiàn)
致癌物質／致癌物质 (zhì'ái wùzhì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (物質):

→ Japanese: 物質 (ぶっしつ) (busshitsu)
→ Korean: 물질 (物質, muljil)
→ Vietnamese: vật chất (物質)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ぶっしつ [bùsshítsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɕːi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

物質 (hiragana ぶっしつ, rōmaji busshitsu)

material, substance

Derived terms

制癌物質 (せいがんぶっしつ) (seiganbusshitsu)
発癌物質 (はつがんぶっしつ) (hatsuganbusshitsu): carcinogen
反物質 (はんぶっしつ) (hanbusshitsu): antimatter
物質界 (ぶっしつかい) (busshitsukai): the material world
物質主義 (ぶっしつしゅぎ) (busshitsushugi): materialism

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
物	質

Noun

物質 • (muljil) (hangeul 물질)

Hanja form^? of 물질 (“a substance”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
物	質

Noun

物質

Hán tự form of vật chất (“matter”).

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

[NHK-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 978-4-14-011112-3