物理

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
simp. and trad. (物理)		物	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ lei⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vu̍t-lî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vud⁶ li¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): veh⁴ li²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): muêh⁸ li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-li³
    • Yale: wù-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhlii
    • Palladius: ули (uli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: maht léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu̍t-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: vud li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vud⁶ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vut̚⁵ li²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vud⁶ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋut̚⁵ li⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: veh⁴ li²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /vəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ li⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-lí
    • Tâi-lô: bu̍t-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: budlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: muêh⁸ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mue̍h lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mueʔ⁴⁻² li⁵²/

Noun

物理

1. physics

   等離子體物理／等离子体物理  ―  děnglízǐtǐ wùlǐ  ―  plasma physics

2. (literary) innate nature of things

Adverb

物理

1. (Internet slang, humorous) literally

Derived terms

• 數理化／数理化 (shùlǐhuà)
• 物理化學／物理化学 (wùlǐ huàxué)
• 物理學／物理学 (wùlǐxué)
• 物理性質／物理性质
• 物理治療／物理治疗 (wùlǐ zhìliáo)
• 物理療法／物理疗法 (wùlǐ liáofǎ)
• 物理診斷／物理诊断
• 物理變化／物理变化 (wùlǐ biànhuà)
• 物理量 (wùlǐliàng)
• 理化 (lǐhuà)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	理
ぶつ Grade: 3	り Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 物理 (“nature of things; how things work; matters in life; life in general”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶ​つり [búꜜtsùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝɾʲi]

Noun

物(ぶつ)理(り) • (butsuri) 

1. physics, the physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system
2. short for 物理学(ぶつりがく) (butsurigaku); physics, the branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy

Descendants

• → Chinese: 物理 (wùlǐ)
• → Korean: 물리 (mulli)
• → Vietnamese: vật lí

Korean

Hanja in this term
物	理

Noun

物理 • (mulli) (hangeul 물리)

1. Hanja form^? of 물리 (“physics”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
物	理

Noun

物理

1. chữ Hán form of vật lí (“physics”).