No. 395 in Chinese
物
"Thing" or "object."
In a sentence
这家商店出售各种物品。
This shop sells all kinds of items.
In this sentence, '物品' refers to items or goods, demonstrating that '物' can be used in compound nouns to indicate tangible objects.
动物园里有许多稀有的动物。
There are many rare animals in the zoo.
Here, '动物' refers to animals, and '物' in this compound word generally denotes living beings or creatures.
我们应该保护自然环境和生态物种。
We should protect the natural environment and ecological species.
In this example, '物种' refers to species, with '物' contributing to the meaning of living organisms or entities in a scientific context.
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