物件

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	a measure word for thing, clothes, item
simp. and trad. (物件)		物	件

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wùjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вәҗян (vəži͡an, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ gin^6-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vu̍t-khien / vu̍t-khian

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vud⁶ kian⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mi̍h-kiāⁿ / mī-kiāⁿ / mi̍h-kiǎⁿ / mn̍gh-kiǎⁿ / mn̍gh-kiāⁿ / mn̄g-kiāⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): muêh⁸ gian⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸meq-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: wù-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhjiann
    • Palladius: уцзянь (uczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 晤見／晤见 物件

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вәҗян (vəži͡an, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /və²⁴ t͡ɕiæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ gin^6-2
    • Yale: maht gín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ gin^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ gin^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² kiːn²²⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 密件 物件

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu̍t-khien
    • Hakka Romanization System: vud kien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vud⁶ kian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vut̚⁵ kʰi̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu̍t-khian
    • Hakka Romanization System: vud kian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vud⁶ kian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vut̚⁵ kʰi̯an⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vud⁶ kian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋut̚⁵ kʰian⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Penang, Medan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mi̍h-kiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mi̍h-kiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miqkvia
    • IPA (Penang): /mi(ʔ)⁴⁻³ kiã²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiã²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kiã²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /mi(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kiã²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiã³³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /mĩ(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ kiã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-kiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mī-kiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mixkvia
    • IPA (Yilan): /mĩ³³⁻²¹ kiã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mi̍h-kiǎⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mi̍h-kiǎnn
    • IPA (Philippines): /mi(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kiã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̍gh-kiǎⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mn̍gh-kiǎnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kiã²²/
    • IPA (Philippines): /mŋ̍(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kiã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̍gh-kiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mn̍gh-kiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngqkvia
    • IPA (Kinmen): /mŋ̍(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² kiã²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /mŋ̍(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kiã²²/
    • IPA (Lukang): /mŋ̍(ʔ)³⁵⁻² kiã³¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g-kiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mn̄g-kiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngxkvia
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ kiã³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: muêh⁸ gian⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mue̍h kiăⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mueʔ⁴⁻² kĩã³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸meq-ci
    • MiniDict: meh^入 ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ t͡ɕi²³/

Noun

物件 (countable)

1. thing; object (Classifier: 個／个 m; 項／项 mn)

   • 原來mother　你痛疼的心肝仔　為何將你踢來踢去　變成麥治的物件 [Hokkien, trad.]
     原来mother　你痛疼的心肝仔　为何将你踢来踢去　变成麦治的物件 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2008, 黄一飞 [Freddie Huang], Mother 你只是一個名

     goân-lâi mother, lí thiàⁿ-thàng ê sim-koaⁿ-kiáⁿ, ūi-hô chiong lí that lâi that khì, piàn-sêng mài-ti̍h ê mn̍gh-kiāⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Actually, Mother, why does your beloved sweetheart kick you around, treating you as an unwanted object?

2. (Taiwan, object-oriented programming) object (Classifier: 個／个 m)
3. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) matter; affair; something; business; thing; stuff

Usage notes

• 物件 is for a concrete thing (usually not alive). Use Mandarin 事情 (shìqing) or Min Nan 代誌／代志 (tāi-chì) for an abstract thing. Use 對象／对象 (duìxiàng) for a thing or person that's to be desired, studied, liked, etc.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing; object”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		物
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		東西
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	東西
	Taiwan	東西
	Chifeng	東西
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	東西
	Harbin	東西
	Shenyang	東西
	Malaysia	東西
	Singapore	東西
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	東西
	Tangshan	東西
	Cangzhou	東西
	Baoding	東西
	Shijiazhuang	物件兒
	Jinan	東西, 黃子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	東西, 東兒, 物兒
	Qingdao	東西
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	東西
	Wanrong	東西
	Zhengzhou	東西
	Xi'an	東西
	Xining	東西
	Xuzhou	東西
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	東西
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	東西
	Lanzhou	東西
	Ürümqi	東西
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	東西
	Chongqing	東西, 家私
	Wuhan	東西, 家伙
	Guiyang	東西
	Kunming	東西
	Guilin	東西
	Liuzhou	東西, 物件 rural
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	東西
	Yangzhou	東子, 東西
	Nantong	東西
	Hefei	東西
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘢
	Hong Kong	嘢
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	嘢
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	嘢
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嘢
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嘢
	Macau	嘢
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	嘢
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嘢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	嘢
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嘢
	Foshan	嘢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	閒嘢
	Foshan (Shunde)	嘢
	Foshan (Sanshui)	嘢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	嘢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	嘢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	嘢
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	嘢
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	閒嘢
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	嘢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	閒嘢
	Taishan	閒嘢, 嘢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	閒嘢, 嘢
	Enping (Niujiang)	家伙
	Heshan (Yayao)	閒嘢
	Dongguan	嘢
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嘢
	Qingyuan	嘢
	Fogang	嘢
	Yingde (Hanguang)	嘢
	Yangshan	嘢
	Lianshan (Butian)	功夫, 東西
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	功夫
	Shaoguan	嘢
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嘢
	Renhua	嘢, 東西
	Lechang	嘢
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	嘢
	Sihui	閒嘢
	Guangning	閒嘢
	Deqing	東西
	Huaiji	嘢
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	嘢
	Yunfu	嘢
	Xinxing	家伙
	Luoding	嘢
	Yangjiang	嘢
	Xinyi	嘢
	Lianjiang	嘢
	Nanning	嘢
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嘢
	Penang (Guangfu)	嘢
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘢
Gan	Nanchang	東西
	Lichuan	東西
	Pingxiang	東西
Hakka	Meixian	東西
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	閒嘢, 嘢
	Huiyang	東西
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	東西
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	東西
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嘢
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	東西
	Changting	東西
	Wuping	東西
	Liancheng	東西, 物事
	Ninghua	東西
	Yudu	東西
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	東西
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	東西
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	東西
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	東西
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	東西
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	物件
	Hong Kong	東西
	Sabah (Bao'an)	東西
	Senai (Huiyang)	東西
Huizhou	Jixi	物事
	Shexian	物事
Jin	Taiyuan	東西
	Xinzhou	東西
	Linhe	東西
	Jining	東西
	Hohhot	東西
	Zhangjiakou	東西
	Handan	東西
Northern Min	Jian'ou	物事
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	物二
	Songxi	物事
	Zhenghe	二
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	二
	Jianyang	事
	Wuyishan	事
	Pucheng (Shibei)	契
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	乇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	乇
	Fuqing	乇
	Pingtan	乇
	Yongtai	乇
	Gutian	乇
	Fu'an	乇
	Ningde	乇
	Shouning	乇
	Zhouning	乇
	Fuding	乇
	Matsu	乇
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	物件, 物
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	物件
	Quanzhou	物件
	Jinjiang	物件
	Nan'an	物件
	Shishi	物件, 物
	Hui'an	物件
	Anxi	物件
	Yongchun	物件
	Dehua	物件
	Zhangzhou	物件
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	物件
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	物件
	Hua'an	物件
	Nanjing	物件
	Pinghe	物件
	Zhangpu	物件
	Yunxiao	物仔
	Zhao'an	物件
	Dongshan	物件
	Taipei	物件
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	物件
	Kaohsiung	物仔, 物件
	Yilan	物仔, 物件
	Changhua (Lukang)	物, 物件
	Taichung	物件
	Tainan	物仔, 物件
	Hsinchu	物件
	Kinmen	物, 物件
	Penghu (Magong)	物, 物件
	Penang (Hokkien)	物件
	Singapore (Hokkien)	物件
	Manila (Hokkien)	物件
	Longyan	物
	Zhangping	物
	Datian	物事
	Chaozhou	物件, 物
	Shantou	物件
	Lufeng	前後
	Haifeng	零細
	Bangkok (Teochew)	物件
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	物件
	Singapore (Teochew)	物件
	Leizhou	物
	Wenchang	物
	Haikou	物
	Qionghai	物
	Singapore (Hainanese)	物
Puxian Min	Putian	物乇
	Xianyou	物乇
Central Min	Yong'an	貨
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	貨
	Sanming (Shaxian)	貨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	嘢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘢
Wu	Shanghai	物事, 東西
	Shanghai (Chongming)	物事
	Suzhou	物事
	Tongxiang	東西
	Danyang	東西
	Hangzhou	東西
	Ningbo	東西
	Wenzhou	物事, 物色, 名堂
	Jinhua	東西
Xiang	Changsha	東西, 家伙
	Shuangfeng	東西, 家伙

• (computing): (Mainland China) 對象／对象 (duìxiàng)
• (matter): 事情 (shìqing), 事項／事项 (shìxiàng); (formal) 事宜 (shìyí), 問題／问题 (wèntí)

Dialectal synonyms of 事情 (“affair; matter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		事
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		事情, 事
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	事兒
	Taiwan	事
	Malaysia	事
	Singapore	事情, 事
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	事兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	事情, 事
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	事情, 事
	Wuhan	事情, 事
	Guilin	事情, 事
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	事情, 事
	Hefei	事
Cantonese	Guangzhou	事, 事幹
	Hong Kong	事, 事幹
	Yangjiang	事, 事幹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	事
	Penang (Guangfu)	事
	Singapore (Guangfu)	事
Gan	Nanchang	事
Hakka	Meixian	事情, 事
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	事情
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	事情
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	事情
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	事情
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	事情
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	事情
Jin	Taiyuan	事情, 事
Northern Min	Jian'ou	事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	事計, 事
	Minqing	事計
	Singapore (Fuqing)	事計
Southern Min	Xiamen	代誌, 物件
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	代誌
	Quanzhou	代誌
	Jinjiang	代誌
	Shishi	代誌
	Zhangzhou	代誌, 物件
	Zhao'an	事
	Dongshan	代誌
	Taipei	代誌
	Kaohsiung	代誌
	Yilan	代誌
	Changhua (Lukang)	代誌
	Taichung	代誌
	Taichung (Wuqi)	代誌
	Tainan	代誌
	Taitung	代誌
	Hsinchu	代誌
	Penghu (Magong)	代誌
	Penang (Hokkien)	代誌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	代誌
	Manila (Hokkien)	代誌
	Chaozhou	事
	Shantou	事
	Jieyang	事
	Haifeng	事
	Singapore (Teochew)	事
	Wenchang	事
	Qionghai	事
	Singapore (Hainanese)	事
Puxian Min	Putian	事體, 代誌, 出數
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	事體, 代誌
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	事體, 代誌
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	事體, 代誌
	Xianyou	事體, 代誌, 出數
	Xianyou (Fengting)	事體, 代誌
	Xianyou (Youyang)	事體, 代誌
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	事幹
Wu	Shanghai	事體
	Suzhou	事體
	Hangzhou	花頭
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	事體
	Ningbo	事體, 事幹 dated
	Zhoushan	事體, 事幹 dated
	Wenzhou	事幹
Xiang	Changsha	路徑, 路, 路子徑, 路子, 事
	Shuangfeng	道路, 事

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (物件):

• → Japanese: 物件(ぶっけん) (bukken)
• → Korean: 물건(物件) (mulgeon)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #4359”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	件
ぶつ > ぶっ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶっけん [bùkkéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟k̚kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

物(ぶっ)件(けん) • (bukken) 

1. an object, an article
2. real estate, property, unit

   事故(じこ)物件(ぶっけん)

   jiko bukken

   property tainted by an incident (suicide, death, etc.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
物	件

Noun

物件 • (mulgeon) (hangeul 물건)

1. hanja form^? of 물건 (“an item, article, thing”)