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材

cái
HSK 3

“Material” in Chinese is 材 (cái).

Other characters with the syllable cai: see all 10 →

Meaning

  • material
  • timber
  • ability
Show 3 more meanings
  • aptitude
  • a capable individual
  • coffin (old)

Example

我们有必要为上这门课买本教材吗？

Will it be necessary for us to buy a book for this class?

From 教材 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 材

教材jiàocáiteaching materialHSK 3材料cáiliào(raw) materialHSK 4身材shēncáistatureHSK 4题材tícáisubject matterHSK 5棺材guāncaicoffinHSK 7-9木材mùcáiwoodHSK 7-9器材qìcáiequipmentHSK 7-9素材sùcáisource material (in literature and art)HSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3被bèiquiltHSK 3币bìmoneyHSK 3标biāomarkHSK 3并bìngandHSK 3播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3补bǔto repairHSK 3

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