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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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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 826256)

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Words Containing 材

翘材
qiáo cái

outstanding talent

隽材
juàn cái

talent

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

radiophosphor

棺材
guān cai

coffin

药材
yào cái

medicinal ingredient

研磨材料
yán mó cái liào

abrasive

圆形木材
yuán xíng mù cái

log

高材生
gāo cái shēng

student of great ability

因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào

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

裂变材料
liè biàn cái liào

fissionable material

钢材
gāng cái

steel (as raw material)

斗筲之材
dǒu shāo zhī cái

person of limited capacity

原材料
yuán cái liào

raw and semifinished materials

边材
biān cái

sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)

建材
jiàn cái

building materials

心材
xīn cái

pith

主材
zhǔ cái

principal or main material (engineering)

蠢材
chǔn cái

idiot

棒材
bàng cái

bar

素材
sù cái

source material (in literature and art)

成材
chéng cái

to make sth of oneself

测试和材料协会
cè shì hé cái liào xié huì

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

不材
bù cái

untalented

良材
liáng cái

good timber

木材
mù cái

wood

材料
cái liào

(raw) material

五短身材
wǔ duǎn shēn cái

(of a person) short in stature

隔热材料
gé rè cái liào

insulation

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)

视听材料
shì tīng cái liào

evidence of material seen and heard

大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng

using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)

高材
gāo cái

great talent

可裂变材料
kě liè biàn cái liào

fissile material

不成材
bù chéng cái

worthless

干材
gàn cái

capability

集材
jí cái

(forestry) to log; to skid; to yard

就地取材
jiù dì qǔ cái

to draw on local resources

电脑辅助教材
diàn nǎo fǔ zhù jiào cái

computer-aided instruction

参考材料
cān kǎo cái liào

reference material

人尽其材
rén jìn qí cái

employ one's talent to the fullest

材料科学
cái liào kē xué

materials science

身材
shēn cái

stature

耗材
hào cái

consumables

寿材
shòu cái

coffin

型材
xíng cái

extruded profile

材质
cái zhì

texture of timber

材料学
cái liào xué

material science

材积
cái jī

volume (of timber)

多层材
duō céng cái

plywood

取材
qǔ cái

to collect material

食材
shí cái

(food) ingredient

教材
jiào cái

teaching material

基材
jī cái

substrate

棺材瓤子
guān cai ráng zi

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

生物材料
shēng wù cái liào

bio-materials

题材
tí cái

subject matter

复合材料
fù hé cái liào

composite material

武器级别材料
wǔ qì jí bié cái liào

weapons-grade material

反面教材
fǎn miàn jiào cái

negative example

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

放射性材料
fàng shè xìng cái liào

radioactive material

器材
qì cái

equipment