# 物色
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wùsè
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mat$^6$ sik$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-sek / bu̍t-siak
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wùsè → wùse (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ → ㄨˋ ˙ㄙㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wùse̊
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$-sê$^5$
*** Yale: wù-se
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh.seh
*** Palladius: усэ (usɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/ → /u⁵¹ sə¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: maht sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚² sɪk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-sek
*** Tâi-lô: bu̍t-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: budseg
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-siak
*** Tâi-lô: bu̍t-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: budsiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/

### Verb

物色
* to seek out; to scout out; to look for

### Noun

物色
* (Wenzhounese) thing; object

#### Synonyms

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

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 物 | 色 |
| ぶつ > ぶっ Grade: 3 | しょく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶっしょく [bùsshókú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [bɯ̟ɕːo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

物(ぶっ)色(しょく) • (busshoku)
* seeking out

### Verb

物(ぶっ)色(しょく)する • (busshoku suru) suru (stem 物(ぶっ)色(しょく)し (busshoku shi), past 物(ぶっ)色(しょく)した (busshoku shita))
* to seek out

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 物色し | ぶっしょくし | busshoku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 物色し | ぶっしょくし | busshoku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 物色する | ぶっしょくする | busshoku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 物色する | ぶっしょくする | busshoku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 物色すれ | ぶっしょくすれ | busshoku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 物色せよ¹ 物色しろ² | ぶっしょくせよ¹ ぶっしょくしろ² | busshoku seyo¹ busshoku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 物色される | ぶっしょくされる | busshoku sareru |
| Causative | 物色させる 物色さす | ぶっしょくさせる ぶっしょくさす | busshoku saseru busshoku sasu |
| Potential | 物色できる | ぶっしょくできる | busshoku dekiru |
| Volitional | 物色しよう | ぶっしょくしよう | busshoku shiyō |
| Negative | 物色しない | ぶっしょくしない | busshoku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 物色せず | ぶっしょくせず | busshoku sezu |
| Formal | 物色します | ぶっしょくします | busshoku shimasu |
| Perfective | 物色した | ぶっしょくした | busshoku shita |
| Conjunctive | 物色して | ぶっしょくして | busshoku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 物色すれば | ぶっしょくすれば | busshoku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN