物欲

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish
trad. (物欲/物慾)		物	欲/慾
simp. (物欲)		物	欲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùyù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: wù-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhyuh
    • Palladius: уюй (ujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: maht yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jʊk̚²/

Noun

物欲

1. desire for material wealth

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	欲
ぶつ Grade: 3	よく Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶつよく [bùtsúyókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝjo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

物(ぶつ)欲(よく) • (butsuyoku) ^{←ぶつよく (butuyoku)?}

1. desire for material wealth