实物

shí wù · HSK 7

material object

📦 实物 = 实 real/solid + 物 thing = a real, physical thing you can touch

实 means solid or real and shows up in 实在 (really) and 真实 (true); 物 means thing or object, as in 动物 (animal) and 食物 (food). Together they name an actual concrete object, the real article rather than a copy, model, or description.

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