材 cái

material, stuff; timber; talent

HSK 4 #952

DEFINITIONS

材 cái
  • material
  • timber
  • ability
  • aptitude
  • a capable individual
  • coffin (old)

STROKES

WORDS

材料 cái liào
HSK 4
material; data; makings; stuff; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
身材 shēn cái
HSK 5
stature; build (height and weight); figure
教材 jiào cái
HSK 5
teaching material; CL:本[ben3]
器材 qì cái
HSK 6
equipment; material
题材 tí cái
HSK 6
subject matter
棺材 guān cai coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art)
木材 mù cái wood
蠢材 chǔn cái idiot
材质 cái zhì texture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of)
高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability
建材 jiàn cái building materials
原材料 yuán cái liào raw materials; unprocessed materials
取材 qǔ cái to collect material
钢材 gāng cái steel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
成材 chéng cái to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree) to grow to full size; to become useful for timber
药材 yào cái medicinal ingredient
就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources; using materials at hand
人材 rén cái variant of 人才[ren2 cai2]
耗材 hào cái consumables; to consume raw materials
良材 liáng cái good timber; sound material; fig. able person; sound chap
复合材料 fù hé cái liào composite material
不成材 bù chéng cái worthless; good-for-nothing
不材 bù cái untalented; I; me (humble); also written 不才[bu4 cai2]
不见棺材不落泪 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom); fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
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