事物

shìwù

noun HSK 4 #2,865

Meanings

Wǒmen yào xuéhuì cóng bùtóng jiǎodù kàn shìwù.

We should learn to look at things from different angles.

Xīn shìwù zǒngshì bù róngyì bèi jiēshòu.

New things are always hard to accept.

Rènhé shìwù dōu yǒu liǎngmiànxìng.

Everything has two sides.

usage

事物 is more abstract and formal than 东西 (dōngxi, thing). 事物 refers to things in a philosophical or general sense, while 东西 is everyday and concrete.

事 shì

物 wù