活物

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (活物)		活	物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huówù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ mat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t-vu̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-bu̍t / oa̍h-mi̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huówù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huówù
  - Wade–Giles: huo²-wu⁴
  - Yale: hwó-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwowuh
  - Palladius: хо’у (xo’u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ mat⁶
  - Yale: wuht maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² mɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-vu̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: fad vud
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶ vud⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵ vut̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍h-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaqbut
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-mi̍h
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍h-mi̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaqmih
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ mĩʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ mĩʔ⁴/

Noun

活物

living thing; living creature
- 上帝賜福𪜶，上帝閣對𪜶講：「著生湠眞多，充滿佇地上，來卡贏伊；也著治理海裡的魚、天裡的鳥，及地上一切所振動的活物。」 [Hokkien, trad.]
  上帝赐福𪜶，上帝阁对𪜶讲：「著生湠真多，充满伫地上，来卡赢伊；也著治理海里的鱼、天里的鸟，及地上一切所振动的活物。」 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 《聖經台語漢字本》, based on 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 創世記 (Genesis) 1:28
  Siōng-tè sù-hok in, Siōng-tè koh tùi in kóng: “Tio̍h siⁿ-thòaⁿ chin-chōe, chhiong-móa tī tōe-chiūⁿ, lâi khah-iâⁿ i; iā tio̍h tī-lí hái--nih ê hî, thiⁿ--nih ê chiáu, kap tōe-chiūⁿ it-chhè só͘ tín-tāng ê -oa̍h-mi̍h.” [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
(biology) organism; living being; lifeform (Classifier: 個／个)
living person (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

(organism):

有機體／有机体 (yǒujītǐ)
機體／机体 (jītǐ)
生物 (shēngwù)
生物體／生物体 (shēngwùtǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (活物):

→ Japanese: 活物(かつぶつ) (katsubutsu)
→ Korean: 활물(活物) (hwalmul)

Verb

活物

(literary) to rescue others

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