| 材 | [ caí ] material, timber, ability, aptitude, a capable individual, coffin (old) |
| 材料 | [ caí ] material, data, makings, stuff, CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] |
| 材料學 | [ caí xué ] material science |
| 材料学 | [ caí xué ] material science |
| 材料科學 | [ caí kē xué ] materials science |
| 材料科学 | [ caí kē xué ] materials science |
| 材積 | [ caí jī ] volume (of timber) |
| 材积 | [ caí jī ] volume (of timber) |
| 材質 | [ caí zhì ] texture of timber, quality of material, material (that sth is made of) |
| 材质 | [ caí zhì ] texture of timber, quality of material, material (that sth is made of) |
| ⇒ 不成材 | [ bù chéng caí ] worthless, good-for-nothing |
| ⇒ 不材 | [ bù caí ] untalented, I, me (humble), also written 不才[bu4 cai2] |
| ⇒ 不見棺材不落淚 | [ bù jiàn guān cai bù luò leì ] lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom), fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality |
| ⇒ 不见棺材不落泪 | [ bù jiàn guān cai bù luò leì ] lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom), fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality |
| ⇒ 主材 | [ zhǔ caí ] principal or main material (engineering) |
| ⇒ 五短身材 | [ wǔ duǎn shēn caí ] (of a person) short in stature |
| ⇒ 人材 | [ rén caí ] variant of 人才[ren2 cai2] |
| ⇒ 人盡其材 | [ rén jìn qí caí ] employ one's talent to the fullest, everyone gives of their best, also written 人盡其才|人尽其才 |
| ⇒ 人尽其材 | [ rén jìn qí caí ] employ one's talent to the fullest, everyone gives of their best, also written 人盡其才|人尽其才 |
| ⇒ 原材料 | [ yuán caí ] raw materials, unprocessed materials |
| ⇒ 參考材料 | [ cān kaǒ caí ] reference material, source documents |
| ⇒ 参考材料 | [ cān kaǒ caí ] reference material, source documents |
| ⇒ 反面教材 | [ fǎn miàn caí ] negative example, sth that teaches one what not to do |
| ⇒ 取材 | [ qǔ caí ] to collect material |
| ⇒ 可裂變材料 | [ kě liè biàn caí ] fissile material |
| ⇒ 可裂变材料 | [ kě liè biàn caí ] fissile material |
| ⇒ 器材 | [ qì caí ] equipment, material |
| ⇒ 因材施教 | [ yīn caí shī ] (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability |
| ⇒ 圓形木材 | [ yuán xíng mù caí ] log |
| ⇒ 圆形木材 | [ yuán xíng mù caí ] log |
| ⇒ 型材 | [ xíng caí ] extruded profile |
| ⇒ 基材 | [ jī caí ] substrate |
| ⇒ 壽材 | [ shoù caí ] coffin |
| ⇒ 寿材 | [ shoù caí ] coffin |
| ⇒ 多層材 | [ duō céng caí ] plywood |
| ⇒ 多层材 | [ duō céng caí ] plywood |
| ⇒ 大材小用 | [ dà caí yòng ] using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom), a sledgehammer to crack a nut |
| ⇒ 媒材 | [ meí caí ] medium (art) (Tw) |
| ⇒ 就地取材 | [ jiù dì qǔ caí ] to draw on local resources, using materials at hand |
| ⇒ 幹材 | [ gàn caí ] ability, capable |
| ⇒ 干材 | [ gàn caí ] ability, capable |
| ⇒ 建材 | [ jiàn caí ] building materials |
| ⇒ 心材 | [ xīn caí ] pith, central core (of tree) |
| ⇒ 成材 | [ chéng caí ] to make sth of oneself, to become a person who is worthy of respect, (of a tree) to grow to full size, to become useful for timber |
| ⇒ 放射性材料 | [ fàng shè xìng caí ] radioactive material |
| ⇒ 放射性發光材料 | [ fàng shè xìng fā guāng caí ] radiophosphor |
| ⇒ 放射性发光材料 | [ fàng shè xìng fā guāng caí ] radiophosphor |
| ⇒ 教材 | [ caí ] teaching material, CL:本[ben3] |
| ⇒ 斗筲之材 | [ doǔ shaō zhī caí ] person of limited capacity |
| ⇒ 木材 | [ mù caí ] wood |
| ⇒ 棒材 | [ bàng caí ] bar, rod |
| ⇒ 棺材 | [ guān cai ] coffin, CL:具[ju4],口[kou3] |
| ⇒ 棺材瓤子 | [ guān cai ráng zi ] geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation) |
| ⇒ 武器級別材料 | [ wǔ qì jí bié caí ] weapons-grade material |
| ⇒ 武器级别材料 | [ wǔ qì jí bié caí ] weapons-grade material |
| ⇒ 測試和材料協會 | [ cè shì hé caí xié huì ] American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) |
| ⇒ 测试和材料协会 | [ cè shì hé caí xié huì ] American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) |
| ⇒ 生物材料 | [ shēng wù caí ] bio-materials |
| ⇒ 研磨材料 | [ yán mó caí ] abrasive, grinding material |
| ⇒ 素材 | [ sù caí ] source material (in literature and art) |
| ⇒ 翹材 | [ caí ] outstanding talent |
| ⇒ 翘材 | [ caí ] outstanding talent |
| ⇒ 耗材 | [ haò caí ] consumables, to consume raw materials |
| ⇒ 耶律楚材 | [ yē lǜ chǔ caí ] Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it |
| ⇒ 良材 | [ liáng caí ] good timber, sound material, fig. able person, sound chap |
| ⇒ 藥材 | [ yaò caí ] medicinal ingredient |
| ⇒ 药材 | [ yaò caí ] medicinal ingredient |
| ⇒ 蠢材 | [ chǔn caí ] idiot |
| ⇒ 裂變材料 | [ liè biàn caí ] fissionable material |
| ⇒ 裂变材料 | [ liè biàn caí ] fissionable material |
| ⇒ 複合材料 | [ fù hé caí ] composite material |
| ⇒ 复合材料 | [ fù hé caí ] composite material |
| ⇒ 視聽材料 | [ shì tīng caí ] evidence of material seen and heard, oral testimony |
| ⇒ 视听材料 | [ shì tīng caí ] evidence of material seen and heard, oral testimony |
| ⇒ 身材 | [ shēn caí ] stature, build (height and weight), figure |
| ⇒ 邊材 | [ biān caí ] sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) |
| ⇒ 边材 | [ biān caí ] sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) |
| ⇒ 鋼材 | [ gāng caí ] steel (as raw material), steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc |
| ⇒ 钢材 | [ gāng caí ] steel (as raw material), steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc |
| ⇒ 隔熱材料 | [ gé rè caí ] insulation |
| ⇒ 隔热材料 | [ gé rè caí ] insulation |
| ⇒ 集材 | [ jí caí ] logging |
| ⇒ 雋材 | [ juàn caí ] talent |
| ⇒ 隽材 | [ juàn caí ] talent |
| ⇒ 電腦輔助教材 | [ diàn naǒ fǔ zhù caí ] computer-aided instruction |
| ⇒ 电脑辅助教材 | [ diàn naǒ fǔ zhù caí ] computer-aided instruction |
| ⇒ 題材 | [ tí caí ] subject matter |
| ⇒ 题材 | [ tí caí ] subject matter |
| ⇒ 食材 | [ shí caí ] (food) ingredient |
| ⇒ 高材 | [ gaō caí ] great talent, rare capability, person of outstanding ability |
| ⇒ 高材生 | [ gaō caí shēng ] student of great ability |
