cái

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Definitions

  1. 1. material
  2. 2. timber
  3. 3. ability
  4. 4. aptitude
  5. 5. a capable individual

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 材

原材料
yuán cái liào

raw and semifinished materials

器材
qì cái

equipment

教材
jiào cái

teaching material

木材
mù cái

wood

材料
cái liào

(raw) material

棺材
guān cai

coffin

素材
sù cái

source material (in literature and art)

药材
yào cái

medicinal ingredient

身材
shēn cái

stature

题材
tí cái

subject matter

不成材
bù chéng cái

worthless

不材
bù cái

untalented

不见棺材不落泪
bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi

lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)

主材
zhǔ cái

principal or main material (engineering)

五短身材
wǔ duǎn shēn cái

(of a person) short in stature

人尽其材
rén jìn qí cái

employ one's talent to the fullest

参考材料
cān kǎo cái liào

reference material

反面教材
fǎn miàn jiào cái

negative example

取材
qǔ cái

to collect material

可裂变材料
kě liè biàn cái liào

fissile material

因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào

(idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability

圆形木材
yuán xíng mù cái

log

型材
xíng cái

extruded profile

基材
jī cái

substrate

寿材
shòu cái

coffin

多层材
duō céng cái

plywood

大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng

using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)

就地取材
jiù dì qǔ cái

to draw on local resources

干材
gàn cái

capability

建材
jiàn cái

building materials

心材
xīn cái

pith

成材
chéng cái

to make sth of oneself

放射性材料
fàng shè xìng cái liào

radioactive material

放射性发光材料
fàng shè xìng fā guāng cái liào

radiophosphor

斗筲之材
dǒu shāo zhī cái

person of limited capacity

材料学
cái liào xué

material science

材料科学
cái liào kē xué

materials science

材积
cái jī

volume (of timber)

材质
cái zhì

texture of timber

棒材
bàng cái

bar

棺材瓤子
guān cai ráng zi

geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)

武器级别材料
wǔ qì jí bié cái liào

weapons-grade material

测试和材料协会
cè shì hé cái liào xié huì

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

生物材料
shēng wù cái liào

bio-materials

研磨材料
yán mó cái liào

abrasive

翘材
qiáo cái

outstanding talent

耗材
hào cái

consumables

耶律楚材
yē lǜ chǔ cái

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 cái

good timber

蠢材
chǔn cái

idiot

裂变材料
liè biàn cái liào

fissionable material

复合材料
fù hé cái liào

composite material

视听材料
shì tīng cái liào

evidence of material seen and heard

边材
biān cái

sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)

钢材
gāng cái

steel (as raw material)

隔热材料
gé rè cái liào

insulation

集材
jí cái

(forestry) to log; to skid; to yard

隽材
juàn cái

talent

电脑辅助教材
diàn nǎo fǔ zhù jiào cái

computer-aided instruction

食材
shí cái

(food) ingredient

高材
gāo cái

great talent

高材生
gāo cái shēng

student of great ability