质 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
质朴
zhìpǔ
plain and sincere; simple and unadorned
Characters in this word
朴 pǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这篇散文语言质朴，却能准确触及普通人的生活经验。 Zhè piān sǎnwén yǔyán zhìpǔ, què néng zhǔnquè chùjí pǔtōngrén de shēnghuó jīngyàn. The prose is plain in language, yet it accurately touches ordinary people's life experiences.
- 山里的人们生活质朴，待人十分真诚。 Shān lǐ de rénmen shēnghuó zhìpǔ, dàirén shífēn zhēnchéng. The people in the mountains live simply and treat others very sincerely.
- 他穿着质朴，一双布鞋已经洗得发白。 Tā chuānzhuó zhìpǔ, yīshuāng bùxié yǐjīng xǐ de fābái. He dresses plainly, and his cloth shoes have been washed until they turned pale.
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