材 (coi4 | cai2) : timber; building materials

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材

coi4

cai2

[1] materials, especially timber for building houses, furniture, etc. [2] material in its broadest sense [3] ability; talent; aptitude [4] [n] coffin [5] properties of a substance

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

材

Don't confuse with:
村

This word has been viewed 9097 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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藥材 joek6 coi4 yao4 cai2 = medical herbs

木材 muk6 coi4 mu4 cai2 = lumber, timber

蠢材 ceon2 coi4 chun3 cai2 = idiot; fool

材料 coi4 liu6*2 cai2 liao4 = material

身材 san1 coi4 shen1 cai2 = stature; build (height and weight); figure

原材料 jyun4 coi4 liu6*2 yuan2 cai2 liao4 = raw material

教材 gaau3 coi4 jiao4 cai2 = teaching material

器材 hei3 coi4 qi4 cai2 = equipment; material

題材 tai4 coi4 ti2 cai2 = subject matter

棺材 gun1 coi4 guan1 cai2 = coffin; (mahjong) eight of dots/ball/circles [alternate]
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Showing 1 example containing 材

佢要啲裝修材料好溜咖粵
The materials that he wants for the renovation is very peculiar

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Decimal representation of this word: 材
Unicode code for this character: U+6750 (off-site link)

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