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材

cái

material, stuff; timber; talent

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7
Radical
木
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3
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Example sentences

  • 速成好身材。

    Sù chéng hǎo shēn cái

    Get fit fast.

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  • 今天我要去买些材料。

    Jīn tiān wǒ yào qù mǎi xiē cái liào

    I'm going to go buy some materials today.

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  • 他们要发送木材给我们。

    Tā men yào fā sòng mù cái gěi wǒ men

    They will send us lumber.

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  • 她为一本书收集材料。

    Tā wèi yī běn shū shōu jí cái liào

    She is collecting material for a book.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 材

  • 教材jiào cái 4–2 teaching material
  • 材料cái liào 2–4 (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
  • 身材shēn cái 1–2 stature; build (height and weight); figure
  • 题材tí cái 2–2 subject matter
  • 器材qì cái 4–2 equipment; material
  • 棺材guān cai 1–5coffin
  • 木材mù cái 4–2 wood
  • 素材sù cái 4–2 source material (in literature and art)
  • 原材料yuán cái liào 2–2–4raw and semifinished materials
  • 药材yào cái 4–2 medicinal ingredient