This is the 395th most frequent Chinese word.
物
"Thing" or "object."
In this sentence, '物品' refers to items or goods, demonstrating that '物' can be used in compound nouns to indicate tangible objects.
这家商店出售各种物品。
This shop sells all kinds of items.
In this example, '物种' refers to species, with '物' contributing to the meaning of living organisms or entities in a scientific context.
我们应该保护自然环境和生态物种。
We should protect the natural environment and ecological species.
Here, '动物' refers to animals, and '物' in this compound word generally denotes living beings or creatures.