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質

zhì

matter, material, substance

Strokes
15
Radical
貝
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 质

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 质, the simplified form of 質. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 不要太神经质。

    Bù yào tài shén jīng zhì

    You don't have to be so nervous.

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  • 这就是事情的本质。

    Zhè jiù shì shì qing de běn zhì

    That is the essence of the matter.

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  • 数量不如质量。

    Shù liàng bù rú zhì liàng

    Quality is more important than quantity.

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  • 这些产品质量同等。

    Zhè xiē chǎn pǐn zhì liàng tóng děng

    These products are of the same quality.

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

Words containing 质

  • 质量zhì liàng 4–4 quality; (physics) mass
  • 品质pǐn zhì 3–4 character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
  • 性质xìng zhì 4–4 nature; characteristic
  • 物质wù zhì 4–4 matter; substance; material; materialistic
  • 本质běn zhì 3–4 essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
  • 人质rén zhì 2–4 hostage
  • 素质sù zhì 4–4 inner quality; basic essence
  • 蛋白质dàn bái zhì 4–2–4protein
  • 实质shí zhì 2–4 substance; essence
  • 优质yōu zhì 1–4 excellent quality
  • 地质dì zhì 4–4 geology
  • 变质biàn zhì 4–4 to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism