材 cái

1. cái noun material; stuff
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '材')
2. cái noun timber
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '材')
3. cái noun talent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '材')

Contained in

• 耗材 consumables; to consume raw materials
• 裂变材料(裂變材料) fissionable material
• 良材 good timber; sound material; fig. able person; sound chap
• 批木材 a pile of timber
• 梓材 fine timber ; Fine Timber
• 五短身材 (of a person) short in stature
• 媒材 medium
• 放射性材料 radioactive material
• 建材 building materials; construction materials
• 不材 untalented; I; me (humble)
• 人尽其材(人盡其材) employ one's talent to the fullest; everyone gives of their best
• 材料学(材料學) material science
• 干材(幹材) ability; capable
• 棒材 bar; rod
• 食材 (food) ingredient
• 型材 extruded profile
• 视听材料(視聽材料) evidence of material seen and heard; oral testimony
• 成材 to make something of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree) to grow to full size; to become useful for timber
• 身材 stature; build
• 不见棺材不落泪(不見棺材不落淚) not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin; refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
• 建筑材料(建築材料) building materials
• 棺材瓤子 geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
• 材质(材質) innate quality ; creative elements
• 因材施教 to teach in line with the student's ability
• 不成材 worthless; good-for-nothing
• 参考材料(參考材料) reference material; source documents
• 人材 a talented person; a distinguished person
• 隽材(雋材) talent
• 寿材(壽材) coffin
• 棺材 coffin
• 纸浆用木材(紙漿用木材) pulpwood
• 钢材(鋼材) steel
• 集材 logging
• 器材 equipment; material
• 材料 material; data; ingredient
• 进棺材(進棺材) to go into a coffin; to die
• 武器级别材料(武器級別材料) weapons-grade material
• 圆形木材(圓形木材) log
• 放射性发光材料(放射性發光材料) radiophosphor
• 心材 pith; central core (of tree)
• 题材(題材) a subject
• 主材 principal or main material
• 药材(藥材) pharmaceutical ingredients
• 材积(材積) volume (of timber)
• 蠢材 idiot
• 原材料 raw materials
• 多层材(多層材) plywood
• 斗筲之材 person of limited capacity
• 高材 great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability
• 教材 teaching material

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• 卷一百四十六　列傳第三十三: 耶律楚材 粘合重山 楊惟中 Volume 146 Biographies 33: Yelü Chucai, Zhanhezhongshan, Yang Weizhong History of Yuan 元史 — count: 80
• 卷一百九十四 列傳第八十二 喬宇 孫交 林俊 金獻民 秦金 趙璜 鄒文盛 梁材 劉麟 蔣瑤 王廷相 Volume 194 Biographies 82: Qiao Yu, Sun Jiao, Lin Jun, Jin Xianmin, Qin Jin, Zhao Huang, Zou Wencheng, Liang Cai, Liu Lin, Jiang Yao, Wang Tingxiang History of Ming 明史 — count: 35
• 卷二百二十七 列傳第一百十五 龐尚鵬 宋儀望 張岳 李材 陸樹德 蕭廩 賈三近 李頤 朱鴻謨 蕭彥 孫維城 謝杰 郭惟賢 萬象春 鍾化民 吳達可 Volume 227 Biographies 115: Pang Shangpeng, Song Yiwang, Zhang Yue, Li Cai, Lu Shude, Xiao Lin, Jia Sanjin, Li Yi, Zhu Hongmo, Xiao Yan, Sun Weicheng, Xie Jie, Guo Weixian, Wan Xiangchun, Zhong Huamin, Wu Dake History of Ming 明史 — count: 26
• 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 17
• 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 14
• 卷八十六 何武王嘉師丹傳 Volume 86: He Wu, Wang Jia and Shi Dan Book of Han 漢書 — count: 13
• 卷一百六十 志第一百十三 選舉六 Volume 160 Treatises 113: Selection and appointment of Officials 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
• 卷五十四　志第三十五:　選舉四 部選 省選 廉察 薦舉 功酬虧永 Volume 54 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 4 - Ministry Selection, Provincial Selection, Honest Inspectors, Recommendations, Compensation for Achievements and Perpetual Faults History of Jin 金史 — count: 11
• 卷一百十二 表第十三 七卿年表二 Volume 112 Tables 13: Annals of the Seven Ministers 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 11

Collocations

• 六材 (六材) 典制六材 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮下》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 2 — count: 5
• 材木 (材木) 材木不可勝用也 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 5
• 三材 (三材) 斬三材必以其時 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 5
• 五材 (五材) 天生五材 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 论材 (論材) 而欲論材審用 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 4
• 疏材 (疏材) 聚斂疏材 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 4
• 精材 (精材) 求天下之精材 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 4
• 群材 (群材) 群材乃植 — Guanzi 管子, 問第二十四 Chapter 24: Asking about Position — count: 3
• 贤材 (賢材) 任官惟賢材 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 咸有一德 Shang Shu - Common Possession of Pure Virtue — count: 3
• 遂材 (遂材) 當遂材木不能盡內 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 3