Usage of the character 材
cái
材
[材]
- material
- timber
- ability
- aptitude
- a capable individual
- coffin (old)
jiàocái
教材
[教材]
- teaching material
- CL:本 (běn)
qiáocái
翘材
[翹材]
- outstandingly talented person
zhǔcái
主材
[主材]
- principal or main material (engineering)
qǔcái
取材
[取材]
- to collect material
chǔncái
蠢材
[蠢材]
- idiot
juàncái
隽材
[雋材]
- talent
bùcái
不材
[不材]
- untalented
- I
- me (humble)
- also written 不才 (bùcái)
réncái
人材
[人材]
- variant of 人才 (réncái)
biāncái
边材
[邊材]
- sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
yàocái
药材
[藥材]
- medicinal ingredient
jīcái
基材
[基材]
- substrate
méicái
媒材
[媒材]
- medium (art) (Tw)
hàocái
耗材
[耗材]
- consumables
- to consume raw materials
xíngcái
型材
[型材]
- extruded profile
gàncái
干材
[幹材]
- capability
- capable person
gāocái
高材
[高材]
- great talent
- rare capability
- person of outstanding ability
bàngcái
棒材
[棒材]
- bar
- rod
shēncái
身材
[身材]
- stature
- build (height and weight)
- figure
xīncái
心材
[心材]
- pith
- central core (of tree)
jícái
集材
[集材]
- (forestry) to log; to skid; to yard
cáizhì
材质
[材質]
- texture of timber
- quality of material
- material (that sth is made of)
tícái
题材
[題材]
- subject matter
chéngcái
成材
[成材]
- 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
sùcái
素材
[素材]
- source material (in literature and art)
shòucái
寿材
[壽材]
- coffin
qìcái
器材
[器材]
- equipment
- material
jiàncái
建材
[建材]
- building materials
cáijī
材积
[材積]
- volume (of timber)
shícái
食材
[食材]
- (food) ingredient
gāngcái
钢材
[鋼材]
- steel (as raw material)
- steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
mùcái
木材
[木材]
- wood
guāncai
棺材
[棺材]
- coffin
- CL:具 (jù),口 (kǒu)
cáiliào
材料
[材料]
- (raw) material
- data
- (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
liángcái
良材
[良材]
- good timber
- sound material
- fig. able person
- sound chap
duōcéngcái
多层材
[多層材]
- plywood
gāocáishēng
高材生
[高材生]
- student of great ability
yuáncáiliào
原材料
[原材料]
- raw and semifinished materials
bùchéngcái
不成材
[不成材]
- worthless
- good-for-nothing
cáiliàoxué
材料学
[材料學]
- materials science
guāncairángzi
棺材瓤子
[棺材瓤子]
- geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
Yēlü Chǔcái
耶律楚材
[耶律楚材]
- Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
shìtīngcáiliào
视听材料
[視聽材料]
- evidence of material seen and heard
- oral testimony
lièbiàncáiliào
裂变材料
[裂變材料]
- fissionable material
fǎnmiànjiàocái
反面教材
[反面教材]
- negative example
- sth that teaches one what not to do
dǒushāozhīcái
斗筲之材
[斗筲之材]
- person of limited capacity
dàcáixiǎoyòng
大材小用
[大材小用]
- using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut
yīncáishījiào
因材施教
[因材施教]
- (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
fùhécáiliào
复合材料
[複合材料]
- composite material
yuánxíngmùcái
圆形木材
[圓形木材]
- log
gérècáiliào
隔热材料
[隔熱材料]
- insulation
rénjìnqícái
人尽其材
[人盡其材]
- employ one's talent to the fullest
- everyone gives of their best
- also written 人盡其才／人尽其才
cānkǎocáiliào
参考材料
[參考材料]
- reference material
- source documents
jiùdìqǔcái
就地取材
[就地取材]
- to draw on local resources
- using materials at hand
wǔduǎnshēncái
五短身材
[五短身材]
- (of a person) short in stature
yánmócáiliào
研磨材料
[研磨材料]
- abrasive
- grinding material
cáiliàokēxué
材料科学
[材料科學]
- materials science
shēngwùcáiliào
生物材料
[生物材料]
- bio-materials
fàngshèxìngcáiliào
放射性材料
[放射性材料]
- radioactive material
kělièbiàncáiliào
可裂变材料
[可裂變材料]
- fissile material
fàngshèxìngfāguāngcáiliào
放射性发光材料
[放射性發光材料]
- radiophosphor
bùjiànguāncaibùluòlèi
不见棺材不落泪
[不見棺材不落淚]
- lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
- fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality