質 (zat1 zi3 | zhi4 zhi2) : quality; substance; simple; query; pawn

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質

zat1 zi3

zhi4 zhi2

[粵] zat1 | [國] zhi4 zhi2
[1] [n] quality; nature; character
[2] [n] substance; matter; texture
[3] [adj] simple; plain; pure
[4] [v] query; question; verify

[粵] zi3 | [國] zhi4
[n/v] pawn; hostage; pledge

For [粵] zat1 meanings, [國] zhi4 is used in China while zhi2 is used in Taiwan. See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: (#154)

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

質 / 质

This word has been viewed 11756 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Oct 2017 03:54

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性質 sing3 zat1 xing4 zhi4 = nature; quality

質地 zat1 dei6*2 zhi4 di4 = texture; quality of a material

劣質 lyut3 zat1 lie4 zhi4 = inferior; shoddy; substandard

物質 mat6 zat1 wu4 zhi4 = matter

蛋白質 daan6*2 baak6 zat1 dan4 bai2 zhi4 = protein

高質量 gou1 zat1 loeng6 gao1 zhi4 liang4 = high quality

人質 jan4 zi3 ren2 zhi4 = hostage; hostages

生物質能 saang1 mat6 zat1 nang4 = biomass energy

素質 sou3 zat1 su4 zhi4 = inner quality

實質 sat6 zat1 shi2 zhi4 = substance
See all 105 compounds (CantoDict reports 116 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 質

呢杯鮮奶有好多鈣質粵
There's a lot of calcium in this glass of milk.
[Lit. this glass milk have many calcium]

間房係屈質啲,將就下啦。粵
The room is indeed cramped, please make do with it.
[[i]literal[/i] (classifier) room is cramped indeed, make-do-with a-little (particle)]

你做咁多陰質嘢粵
you did so many bad things

佢有時會好神經質
She gets hysterical sometimes.
[Lit. she will sometimes very hysterical]

人質囚禁咗二十日後獲釋。粵
The hostages have been set free after 20 days in captivity.
[Aspect marker 咗 is used to indicate passive voice.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 質
Unicode code for this character: U+8cea (off-site link)

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