物色
Chinese
| thing; object; matter | colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (物色) |
物 | 色 | |
Pronunciation
- 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: wu4-sê5
- Yale: wù-se
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh.seh
- Palladius: усэ (usɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/ → /u⁵¹ sə¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mat6 sik1
- Yale: maht sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: mat9 sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: med6 xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐt̚² sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-sek
- Tâi-lô: bu̍t-sik
- Phofsit Daibuun: budseg
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-siak
- Tâi-lô: bu̍t-siak
- Phofsit Daibuun: budsiag
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Verb
物色
- to seek out; to scout out; to look for
- (archaic) to search for and seize; to apprehend
- 嗚呼！予之及於死者不知其幾矣！詆大酋當死；罵逆賊當死；與貴酋處二十日，爭曲直屢當死；去京口，挾匕首以備不測，幾自剄死；經北艦十餘里，為巡船所物色，幾從魚腹死。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1276, Wen Tianxiang,《〈指南錄〉後序》 (Epilogue to The Account of the Compass))
- Wūhū! Yǔ zhī jí yú sǐ zhě bùzhī qí jǐ yǐ! Dǐ dà qiú dāng sǐ; mà nìzéi dāng sǐ; yǔ guì qiú chǔ èrshí rì, zhēng qūzhí lǚ dāng sǐ; qù Jīngkǒu, xié bǐshǒu yǐ bèi bùcè, jī zìjǐng sǐ; jīng běi jiàn shí yú lǐ, wéi xúnchuán suǒ wùsè, jī cóng yúfù sǐ. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
呜呼！予之及于死者不知其几矣！诋大酋当死；骂逆贼当死；与贵酋处二十日，争曲直屡当死；去京口，挟匕首以备不测，几自刭死；经北舰十余里，为巡船所物色，几从鱼腹死。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Noun
物色
- (literally) colours of some object
- (archaic) appearance
- 少有高名，與光武同遊學。及光武即位，乃變名姓，隱身不見。帝思其賢，乃令以物色訪之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
- Shào yǒu gāomíng, yǔ Guāngwǔ tóng yóuxué. Jí Guāngwǔ jíwèi, nǎi biàn míngxìng, yǐnshēn bùjiàn. Dì sī qí xián, nǎi lìng yǐ wùsè fǎng zhī. [Pinyin]
- He was a classmate of the future Emperor Guangwu in their youth, when Yan was already noted for his brilliance. When Guangwu ascended the throne, Yan changed his name and disappeared. The emperor constantly thought of him and ordered that he be found, with the help of his portrait and descriptions.
少有高名，与光武同游学。及光武即位，乃变名姓，隐身不见。帝思其贤，乃令以物色访之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) scenery
- (Classical) fur colour of livestock
- (Wenzhounese) thing; object
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing; object”) [map]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 物 | 色 |
| ぶつ > ぶっ Grade: 3 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
物色 • (busshoku) ←ぶつしよく (butusyoku)?
Verb
物色する • (busshoku suru) ←ぶつしよく (butusyoku)?suru (stem 物色し (busshoku shi), past 物色した (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
- “物色”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026