质 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
质地
zhìdì
texture; quality of material
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Example phrases
- 这种陶器质地细腻，说明当时的烧制技术已经相当成熟。 Zhè zhǒng táoqì zhìdì xìnì, shuōmíng dāngshí de shāozhì jìshù yǐjīng xiāngdāng chéngshú. The delicate texture of this pottery shows that firing techniques at the time were already quite mature.
- 这种丝绸质地柔软，摸起来非常舒服。 Zhè zhǒng sīchóu zhìdì róuruǎn, mō qǐlái fēicháng shūfu. The texture of this silk is soft and feels very pleasant to the touch.
- 买衣服前最好摸一摸质地，好料子更耐穿。 Mǎi yīfu qián zuìhǎo mō yī mō zhìdì, hǎo liàozi gèng nàichuān. Before buying clothes it is best to feel the texture; good fabric lasts longer.
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
- 质疑 zhìyí to question, to doubt