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

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 Neipu)
  - 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/

Middle Chinese: mjonH mjut

Rime
Character	萬	物
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	物 (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	/mʉɐn^H/	/mɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐn^H/	/miut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐn^H/	/miuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muan^H/	/mut̚/
Li Rong	/miuɐn^H/	/miuət̚/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐn^H/	/mĭuət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐn^H/	/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	‹ mjon^H ›	‹ 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

everything; all things
all the universe
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)

hanja form^? of 만물 (“everything”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	物

Noun

萬物

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

萬物

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