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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ mat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-vu̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bān-bu̍t / bān-mi̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuang⁷ muêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànwù
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: wàn-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannwuh
    • Palladius: ваньу (vanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: maahn maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-vu̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: van vud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ vud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ vut̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bān-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnbut
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² but̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ but̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-mi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bān-mi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnmih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ mĩʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ mĩʔ¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuang⁷ muêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buāng mue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaŋ¹¹ mueʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mjonH mjut

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
Baxter	mjonH	mjut
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s  C.mut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mlans  mɯd/

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

• (everything): 萬有／万有 (wànyǒu)
• (every manifestation of nature): 博物 (bówù)

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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	物
ばん Jinmeiyō	ぶつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬物 – see the following entry.

【万物ばんぶつ】 [noun] All things which exist. [noun] All the universe. [noun] Every manifestation of nature.

(This term, 萬物, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	物

Noun

萬物 • (manmul) (hangeul 만물)

1. Hanja form^? of 만물 (“everything”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	物

Noun

萬物

1. chữ Hán form of vạn vật (“everything”).