| 1 | 物质 | 物質 | wù zhì | wu4 zhi4 | matter; substance; material; materialistic; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 事物 | 事物 | shì wù | shi4 wu4 | decorations; jewelry; thing; object; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 人物 | 人物 | rén wù | ren2 wu4 | person; character (in a play, novel etc); protagonist; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 动物 | 動物 | dòng wù | dong4 wu4 | animal; Classifiers: 只 | | |
| 5 | 植物 | 植物 | zhí wù | zhi2 wu4 | plant; vegetation; Classifiers: 种 | | |
| 6 | 物 | 物 | wù | wu4 | thing; object; matter; abbr. for physics 物理 | | |
| 7 | 物体 | 物體 | wù tǐ | wu4 ti3 | object; body; substance | | |
| 8 | 生物 | 生物 | shēng wù | sheng1 wu4 | organism; living creature; life form; biological; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 9 | 物理 | 物理 | wù lǐ | wu4 li3 | physics; physical | | |
| 10 | 产物 | 產物 | chǎn wù | chan3 wu4 | product; result (of) | | |
| 11 | 物资 | 物資 | wù zī | wu4 zi1 | goods; supplies | | |
| 12 | 化合物 | 化合物 | huà hé wù | hua4 he2 wu4 | chemical compound | | |
| 13 | 药物 | 藥物 | yào wù | yao4 wu4 | medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug | | |
| 14 | 物价 | 物價 | wù jià | wu4 jia4 | (commodity) prices; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 15 | 作物 | 作物 | zuò wù | zuo4 wu4 | crop | | |
| 16 | 物理学 | 物理學 | wù lǐ xué | wu4 li3 xue2 | physics | | |
| 17 | 唯物主义 | 唯物主義 | wéi wù zhǔ yì | wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4 | materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality | | |
| 18 | 实物 | 實物 | shí wù | shi2 wu4 | food; Classifiers: 种 ; picked up items (i.e. lost property); material object; concrete object; original object; in kind; object for practical use; definite thing; reality; matter (physics) | | |
| 19 | 有机物 | 有機物 | yǒu jī wù | you3 ji1 wu4 | organic substance; organic matter | | |
| 20 | 货物 | 貨物 | huò wù | huo4 wu4 | goods; commodity; merchandise; Classifiers: 宗 | | |
| 21 | 微生物 | 微生物 | wēi shēng wù | wei1 sheng1 wu4 | microorganism | | |
| 22 | 建筑物 | 建築物 | jiàn zhù wù | jian4 zhu4 wu4 | building; structure; edifice | | |
| 23 | 万物 | 萬物 | wàn wù | wan4 wu4 | all living things | | |
| 24 | 矿物 | 礦物 | kuàng wù | kuang4 wu4 | mineral | | |
| 25 | 生物学 | 生物學 | shēng wù xué | sheng1 wu4 xue2 | biology | | |