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物质

wù zhì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 物質 Measure word 个

物质 (wù zhì) means "matter; material substance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 物质 means

1. matter
2. substance
3. material
4. materialistic

The characters in 物质

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality

Example sentences

• 食物和饮料是物质需求。
  Shíwù hé yǐnliào shì wùzhì xūqiú.
  Food and drink are material needs.
• 矿里能找到宝贵的矿物质。
  A mine is where you find precious minerals.
• 水果富含维生素和矿物质。
  Fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals.
• 酸性会腐蚀含有金属的物质。
  Suānxìng huì fǔshí hányǒu jīnshǔ de wùzhì.
  Acid acts on things which contain metal.
• 借由煮沸以减少黏浆状物质。
  Jièyóu zhǔfèi yǐ jiǎnshǎo nián jiāng zhuàngwù zhì.
  Reduce to pulp by boiling.
• 酸会和金属物质起化学反应。
  Acids react chemically with metals.

Words starting with 物质

• 物质文明wù zhì wén míngmaterial culture
• 物质的量wù zhì de liàng(chemistry) amount of substance
• 物质享受wù zhì xiǎng shòumaterial benefits
• 物质文明和精神文明wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míngmaterial and spiritual culture; matter and mind; material progress, ideology and culture…

Words containing 物质

• 矿物质kuàng wù zhìmineral, esp. dietary mineral
• 反物质fǎn wù zhìantimatter
• 生物质shēng wù zhìbiomass
• 生物质能shēng wù zhì néngbiomass
• 营养物质yíng yǎng wù zhìnutrient
• 遗传物质yí chuán wù zhìgenetic material
• 暗物质àn wù zhì(physics) dark matter
• 致癌物质zhì ái wù zhìcarcinogen; cancer causing substance
• 非物质文化遗产fēi wù zhì wén huà yí chǎnintangible cultural heritage

Sounds the same

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

• 误置to put sth in the wrong place

Where 物质 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Myths, Mysteries & Spirit (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wù zhì correctly.
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