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材质

cái zhì

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 材質

材质 (cái zhì) means "texture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 材质 means

1. texture of timber
2. quality of material
3. material (that sth is made of)

The characters in 材质

• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality

Example sentences

• 纸张、玻璃和塑胶都是可回收的材质。
  Zhǐzhāng, bōli hé sùjiāo dōu shì kěhuíshōu de cáizhì.
  Paper, glass and plastic are recyclable materials.
• 每个3D模型的顶点都有大量数据与之相关，并影响颜色，材质和光照的行为。
  Every vertex of a 3D model has a huge amount of data associated with it, influencing the behavior of colors, textures, and lighting.

Sounds the same

Read cái zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cái zhì correctly.
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