材

cái

material, stuff; timber; talent

How to write 材, stroke by stroke

material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (wood), phonetic 才

Made of 木 + 才

材料cái liào(raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
身材shēn cáistature; build (height and weight); figure
棺材guān caicoffin
木材mù cáiwood
蠢材chǔn cáiidiot
器材qì cáiequipment; material
食材shí cái(food) ingredient
素材sù cáisource material (in literature and art)
题材tí cáisubject matter
材质cái zhìtexture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of)
教材jiào cáiteaching material
原材料yuán cái liàoraw and semifinished materials

我们把所有的材料放在一起。
wǒ men bǎ suǒ yǒu de cái liào fàng zài yì qǐ 。
We got all the materials together.
我们用木材做雕像。
wǒ men yòng mù cái zuò diāo xiàng 。
We made statues out of wood.
她有著一头金发，瘦高的身材。
tā yǒu zhù yì tóu jīn fā ， shòu gāo de shēn cái 。
She has blonde hair and a slim figure.
就是因为他不成材他爸看不起他。
jiù shì yīn wèi tā bù chéng cái tā bà kàn bù qǐ tā 。
It's just that because he hasn't made something of himself, his father won't look at him.
土豆是最常见的食材之一。
tǔ dòu shì zuì cháng jiàn de shí cái zhī yī 。
Potatoes are one of the most common foodstuffs.