萬物

See also: 万物

Chinese

ten thousand; a great number; surname thing; object; matter
trad. (萬物) 萬 物
simp. (万物) 万 物

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 萬 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 文 (60)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 無販切 文弗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐnH/ /mɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐnH/ /miut̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɐnH/ /miuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muanH/ /mut̚/
Li
Rong
/miuɐnH/ /miuət̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭwɐnH/ /mĭuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯wɐnH/ /mi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàn wù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maan6 mat6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 萬 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàn wù
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjonH › ‹ mjut ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ma[n]-s/ /*C.mut/
English 10000 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 萬 物
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12633 13218
Phonetic
component
萬 勿
Rime
group
元 物
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
万 物
Old
Chinese
/*mlans/ /*mɯd/

Noun

萬物

  1. everything; all things
  2. all the universe
  3. every manifestation of nature; all living things

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 萬物之靈/万物之灵

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬物):
  • → Japanese: 万(ばん)物(ぶつ) (banbutsu)
  • → Korean: 만물(萬物) (manmul)
  • → Vietnamese: vạn vật (萬物)
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