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物理

Mandarin · pinyin wù lǐ

Meanings

  1. physics
  2. physical; relating to the material world
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物
wù · thing, substance, creature
理
lǐ · reason, logic; manage
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4–3 · wu4 li3

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mat6 lei5

Cantonese word readings for 物理. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. physics
  2. (literary) innate nature of things

adv

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) literally

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