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器材

qì cái

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

器材 (qì cái) means "equipment; material". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 器材 means

1. equipment
2. material

The characters in 器材

• 器qìdevice; tool; utensil
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability

Example sentences

• 生意停顿了以后，许多公共浴堂都添置了桑拿浴室、健身器材等的新设备，希望能吸引多点人来光顾。
  Shēngyi tíngdùn le yǐhòu, xǔduō gōnggòng yù táng dōu tiānzhì le sāngná yùshì, jiànshēn qìcái děng de xīn shèbèi, xīwàng néng xīyǐn duō diǎn rén lái guānggù.
  After business came to a halt, many bathhouses added new facilities, such as saunas and exercise equipment, in an effort to attract customers.

Where 器材 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qì–qǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qì cái correctly.
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