Chinese symbol for “materialistic”
唯物
wéi wù
materialistic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for materialistic is 唯物 (wéi wù), defined as: materialistic.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “materialistic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 唯物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唯一 | wéi yī | only; sole |
| 唯有 | wéi yǒu | only |
| 唯独 (唯獨) | wéi dú | only; just (i.e. it is only that...) |
| 唯物主义 (唯物主義) | wéi wù zhǔ yì | materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality |
| 唯美 | wéi měi | aesthetics |
| 唯恐 | wéi kǒng | for fear that; lest |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “materialistic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.