1. noun thing; matter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'wù' 物 1; Guoyu '物' n 1; Kroll 2015 '物' 2; NCCED '物' 1; Unihan '物')
  2. noun physics
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
    Notes: An abbreviation for 物理
  3. noun living beings; the outside world; other people
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In contrast with oneself (ABC 'wù' 物 2; Guoyu '物' n 2; NCCED '物' 2)
  4. noun contents; properties; elements
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a work of art of text (Guoyu '物' n 3; Kroll 2015 '物' 3; NCCED '物' 3)
  5. noun muticolor of an animal's coat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially cattle (Kroll 2015 '物' 1)
  6. noun mottling
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '物' 1a)
  7. noun variety
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '物' 2a)
  8. noun an institution
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 制度 (Guoyu '物' n 4)
  9. verb to select; to choose
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 选择 (Guoyu '物' v 1)
  10. verb to seek
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 寻求 (Guoyu '物' v 2)

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