# 物理
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wùlǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mat$^6$ lei$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vu̍t-lî
    (Hailu, HRS): vud$^ˋ$ li$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): vud$^6$ li$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): veh$^4$ li$^2$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): boh$^7$ li$^3$ / buoh$^7$ li$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): muêh$^8$ li$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wùlǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wùlǐ
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$-li$^3$
*** Yale: wù-lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhlii
*** Palladius: ули (uli)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$ lei$^5$
*** Yale: maht léih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$ lei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$ léi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚² lei̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu̍t-lî
*** Hakka Romanization System: vud li$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vud$^6$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /vut̚⁵ li²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: vud$^6$ li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋut̚⁵ li⁴⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vud$^ˋ$ li$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /vut² li⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: veh$^4$ li$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ li⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: boh$^7$ li$^3$ [Phonetic: boh$^6$ li$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beo̍h-lî
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔʔ⁴⁻¹ li⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: buoh$^7$ li$^3$ [Phonetic: buoh$^6$ li$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /puoʔ²⁴⁻² li³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-lí
*** Tâi-lô: bu̍t-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: budlie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² li⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: muêh$^8$ li$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mue̍h lí
*** Sinological IPA : /mueʔ⁴⁻² li⁵²/

### Noun

物理
* physics
    等離子體物理／等离子体物理 ― děnglízǐtǐ wùlǐ ― plasma physics
* (literary) innate nature of things

### Adverb

物理
* (Internet slang, humorous) literally

#### Derived terms

* 數理化 / 数理化 (shùlǐhuà)
* 物理化學 / 物理化学 (wùlǐ huàxué)
* 物理學 / 物理学 (wùlǐxué)
* 物理性質 / 物理性质
* 物理治療 / 物理治疗 (wùlǐ zhìliáo)
* 物理療法 / 物理疗法 (wùlǐ liáofǎ)
* 物理診斷 / 物理诊断
* 物理變化 / 物理变化 (wùlǐ biànhuà)
* 物理量 (wùlǐliàng)
* 理化 (lǐhuà)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 物 | 理 |
| ぶつ Grade: 3 | り Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

Middle Chinese 物理 (“nature of things; how things work; matters in life; life in general”)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶつり [búꜜtsùrì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [bɯ̟t͡sɨɾʲi]

### Noun

物(ぶつ)理(り) • (butsuri)
* physics, the physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system
* short for 物(ぶつ)理(り)学(がく) (butsurigaku); physics, the branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 物理 (wùlǐ, “physics”)
* → Korean: 물리 (mulli, “physics”)
* → Vietnamese: vật lí (“physics”)

### References

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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 物 | 理 |

### Noun

物理 • (mulli) (hangeul 물리)
* hanja form of 물리 (“physics”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 物 | 理 |

### Noun

物理
* chữ Hán form of vật lí (“physics”).