质 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
质疑
zhìyí
to question, to doubt
Characters in this word
疑 yí
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 疋 — roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 有专家质疑这项数据的来源，要求公开调查过程。 Yǒu zhuānjiā zhìyí zhè xiàng shùjù de láiyuán, yāoqiú gōngkāi diàochá guòchéng. Some experts questioned the source of this data and requested that the investigation process be made public.
- 我从来没有质疑过他的诚意。 Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu zhìyí guo tā de chéngyì. I have never doubted his sincerity.
- 消费者开始质疑这款产品的广告是否真实。 Xiāofèizhě kāishǐ zhìyí zhè kuǎn chǎnpǐn de guǎnggào shìfǒu zhēnshí. Consumers began to question whether this product's advertising was true.
Related words
- 品质 pǐnzhì quality
- 性质 xìngzhì nature; property
- 质量 zhìliàng quality
- 物质 wùzhì substance; material
- 变质 biànzhì to go bad, to deteriorate
- 材质 cáizhì material, texture
- 蛋白质 dànbáizhì protein
- 地质 dìzhì geology
- 气质 qìzhì temperament
- 实质 shízhì substance, essence
- 素质 sùzhì quality, caliber
- 劣质 lièzhì inferior; poor-quality