"材" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰai²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sai⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sai²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /t͡sai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen], /t͡sai¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰai²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /t͡sʰai²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen], /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰai²¹/, /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/, /t͡sai⁵³/, /t͡sai²³/, /t͡sai²⁴/, /t͡sai¹³/, /t͡sʰai²³/, /t͡sʰai²⁴/, /t͡sʰai⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: cái [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], cai² [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄘㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cai² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], coi⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], cài, châi [Hokkien, POJ], chhâi [Hokkien, POJ], cai⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], cái [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄘㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], cái [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsʻai² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tsái [Mandarin, Yale], tsair [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цай [Mandarin, Palladius], caj [Mandarin, Palladius], cai [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], chòih [Cantonese, Yale], tsoi⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], coi⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], cài [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], tsâi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zaai [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tshâi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zhaai [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tshâi [POJ, Teochew], dzoj [Middle-Chinese], /*[dz]ˤə/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*zlɯː/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”) (STEDT). See 才 for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy||temperament; talent; resources}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 材
  1. material; stuff
    Sense id: en-材-zh-character-4Bj4z3DR
  2. timber
    Sense id: en-材-zh-character-XdRoeLsL
  3. Alternative form of 才 (cái, “talent; ability”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: (extra: cái, “talent; ability”)
    Sense id: en-材-zh-character-W3XCFDQu Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 不出材, 不成材 (bùchéngcái), 不材, 五材 (wǔcái), 五短身材, 伴材, 俊材, 八材, 凡材, 出材, 別材, 别材, 印材, 取材 (qǔcái), 可造之材 (kězàozhīcái), 吸聲材料, 吸声材料, 器材 (qìcái), 因材施教 (yīncáishījiào), 壽材 (shòucái), 寿材 (shòucái), 多材多藝, 多材多艺, 大材小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng), 奴材 (núcái), 媒材, 宏材大略, 小材大用, 就地取材, 庸材, 廊廟材, 廊庙材, 建材 (jiàncái), 建築材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào), 建筑材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào), 心材 (xīncái), 懷材抱德, 怀材抱德, 成材 (chéngcái), 成材林, 掄材, 抡材, 擲地之材, 掷地之材, 教材 (jiàocái), 斗筲之材, 早材, 木材 (mùcái), 木材工業, 木材工业, 材人, 材伎, 材兒, 材儿, 材器, 材堪盤錯, 材堪盘错, 材大難用, 材大难用, 材官 (cáiguān), 材幹 (cáigān), 材干 (cáigān), 材料 (cáiliào), 材智高奇, 材木 (cáimù), 材武, 材疏志大, 材積 (cáijī), 材积 (cáijī), 材能兼備, 材能兼备, 材藝, 材艺, 材質 (cáizhì), 材质 (cáizhì), 材輕德薄, 材轻德薄, 材高知深, 松材線蟲 (sōngcáixiànchóng), 松材线虫 (sōngcáixiànchóng), 梓材, 棺材, 棺材座子, 棺材本, 棺材板, 棺材楦子, 棺材瓤子, 棟梁之材, 楚材晉用, 楚材晋用, 樗朽之材, 樗材, 樗櫟庸材, 樗栎庸材, 沒底棺材, 没底棺材, 活教材 (huójiàocái), 液材, 濾材, 滤材, 焊接材料, 熟料材兒, 熟料材儿, 狗材, 真材實料 (zhēncáishíliào), 真材实料 (zhēncáishíliào), 石化材料, 石材 (shícái), 竹材 (zhúcái), 箔材, 素材 (sùcái), 綿力薄材, 绵力薄材, 線材, 线材, 翹材, 翘材, 老棺材, 耐火材料, 至材, 良材, 花材, 菲材, 藥材 (yàocái), 药材 (yàocái), 蠢材 (chǔncái), 衒材揚己, 衒材扬己, 製材, 制材, 複合材料 (fùhé cáiliào), 复合材料 (fùhé cáiliào), 譾薄之材, 谫薄之材, 身材 (shēncái), 軟材, 软材, 軼材 (yìcái), 轶材 (yìcái), 逸材 (yìcái), 進棺材 (jìn guāncái), 进棺材 (jìn guāncái), 運動器材, 运动器材, 適材適用, 适材适用, 選材 (xuǎncái), 选材 (xuǎncái), 酒材, 量材錄用, 量材录用, 金屬材料, 金属材料, 鋼材 (gāngcái), 钢材 (gāngcái), 長材, 长材, 防水材料, 防火建材, 陶瓷材料, 集材, 雄材偉略, 雄材伟略, 題材 (tícái), 题材 (tícái), 骨材, 高材生 (gāocáishēng), 高材疾足, 魔鬼身材 (móguǐ shēncái), 鳩工庀材, 鸠工庀材

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      "word": "不出材"
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      "roman": "bùchéngcái",
      "word": "不成材"
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      "word": "不材"
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      "roman": "wǔcái",
      "word": "五材"
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      "word": "五短身材"
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      "word": "伴材"
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      "word": "俊材"
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      "word": "八材"
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      "word": "凡材"
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      "word": "出材"
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      "word": "別材"
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      "word": "别材"
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      "word": "印材"
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      "roman": "qǔcái",
      "word": "取材"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "kězàozhīcái",
      "word": "可造之材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "吸聲材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "吸声材料"
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      "roman": "qìcái",
      "word": "器材"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīncáishījiào",
      "word": "因材施教"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shòucái",
      "word": "壽材"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shòucái",
      "word": "寿材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "多材多藝"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "多材多艺"
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    {
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      "roman": "dàcái-xiǎoyòng",
      "word": "大材小用"
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    {
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      "roman": "núcái",
      "word": "奴材"
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    {
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      "word": "媒材"
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    {
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      "word": "宏材大略"
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      "word": "小材大用"
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    {
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      "word": "就地取材"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "庸材"
    },
    {
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      "word": "廊廟材"
    },
    {
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      "word": "廊庙材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiàncái",
      "word": "建材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiànzhù cáiliào",
      "word": "建築材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiànzhù cáiliào",
      "word": "建筑材料"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīncái",
      "word": "心材"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "懷材抱德"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "怀材抱德"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chéngcái",
      "word": "成材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "成材林"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "掄材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "抡材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "擲地之材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "掷地之材"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "jiàocái",
      "word": "教材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "斗筲之材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "早材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mùcái",
      "word": "木材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "木材工業"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "木材工业"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材伎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材器"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材堪盤錯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材堪盘错"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材大難用"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材大难用"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáiguān",
      "word": "材官"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáigān",
      "word": "材幹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáigān",
      "word": "材干"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáiliào",
      "word": "材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材智高奇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáimù",
      "word": "材木"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材武"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材疏志大"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáijī",
      "word": "材積"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáijī",
      "word": "材积"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材能兼備"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材能兼备"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材藝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材艺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáizhì",
      "word": "材質"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "cáizhì",
      "word": "材质"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材輕德薄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材轻德薄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "材高知深"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sōngcáixiànchóng",
      "word": "松材線蟲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sōngcáixiànchóng",
      "word": "松材线虫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "梓材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "棺材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "棺材座子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "棺材本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "棺材板"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "棺材楦子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "棺材瓤子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "棟梁之材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "楚材晉用"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "楚材晋用"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "樗朽之材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "樗材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "樗櫟庸材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "樗栎庸材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "沒底棺材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "没底棺材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "huójiàocái",
      "word": "活教材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "液材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "濾材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "滤材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "焊接材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "熟料材兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "熟料材儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "狗材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēncáishíliào",
      "word": "真材實料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēncáishíliào",
      "word": "真材实料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "石化材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shícái",
      "word": "石材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhúcái",
      "word": "竹材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "箔材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sùcái",
      "word": "素材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "綿力薄材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "绵力薄材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "線材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "线材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "翹材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "翘材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "老棺材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "耐火材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "至材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "良材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "花材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "菲材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "word": "藥材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "word": "药材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǔncái",
      "word": "蠢材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "衒材揚己"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "衒材扬己"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "製材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "制材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fùhé cáiliào",
      "word": "複合材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "fùhé cáiliào",
      "word": "复合材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "譾薄之材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "谫薄之材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shēncái",
      "word": "身材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "軟材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "软材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yìcái",
      "word": "軼材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yìcái",
      "word": "轶材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yìcái",
      "word": "逸材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìn guāncái",
      "word": "進棺材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jìn guāncái",
      "word": "进棺材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "運動器材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "运动器材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "適材適用"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "适材适用"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎncái",
      "word": "選材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎncái",
      "word": "选材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "酒材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "量材錄用"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "量材录用"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "金屬材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "金属材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāngcái",
      "word": "鋼材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāngcái",
      "word": "钢材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "長材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "长材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "防水材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "防火建材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "陶瓷材料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "集材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "雄材偉略"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "雄材伟略"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "tícái",
      "word": "題材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "tícái",
      "word": "题材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "骨材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāocáishēng",
      "word": "高材生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "高材疾足"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "móguǐ shēncái",
      "word": "魔鬼身材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "鳩工庀材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "鸠工庀材"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy",
        "4": "",
        "5": "temperament; talent; resources"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”) (STEDT). See 才 for more.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "材",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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      "glosses": [
        "material; stuff"
      ],
      "id": "en-材-zh-character-4Bj4z3DR",
      "links": [
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "stuff",
          "stuff"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "timber"
      ],
      "id": "en-材-zh-character-XdRoeLsL",
      "links": [
        [
          "timber",
          "timber"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "cái, “talent; ability”",
          "word": "才"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 才 (cái, “talent; ability”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-材-zh-character-W3XCFDQu",
      "links": [
        [
          "才",
          "才#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "talent",
          "talent"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "cài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "châi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsair"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "caj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chòih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsoi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cài"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzoj"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[dz]ˤə/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*zlɯː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[dz]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*zlɯː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "材"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "不出材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùchéngcái",
      "word": "不成材"
    },
    {
      "word": "不材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǔcái",
      "word": "五材"
    },
    {
      "word": "五短身材"
    },
    {
      "word": "伴材"
    },
    {
      "word": "俊材"
    },
    {
      "word": "八材"
    },
    {
      "word": "凡材"
    },
    {
      "word": "出材"
    },
    {
      "word": "別材"
    },
    {
      "word": "别材"
    },
    {
      "word": "印材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǔcái",
      "word": "取材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kězàozhīcái",
      "word": "可造之材"
    },
    {
      "word": "吸聲材料"
    },
    {
      "word": "吸声材料"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qìcái",
      "word": "器材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīncáishījiào",
      "word": "因材施教"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shòucái",
      "word": "壽材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shòucái",
      "word": "寿材"
    },
    {
      "word": "多材多藝"
    },
    {
      "word": "多材多艺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàcái-xiǎoyòng",
      "word": "大材小用"
    },
    {
      "roman": "núcái",
      "word": "奴材"
    },
    {
      "word": "媒材"
    },
    {
      "word": "宏材大略"
    },
    {
      "word": "小材大用"
    },
    {
      "word": "就地取材"
    },
    {
      "word": "庸材"
    },
    {
      "word": "廊廟材"
    },
    {
      "word": "廊庙材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiàncái",
      "word": "建材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànzhù cáiliào",
      "word": "建築材料"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànzhù cáiliào",
      "word": "建筑材料"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīncái",
      "word": "心材"
    },
    {
      "word": "懷材抱德"
    },
    {
      "word": "怀材抱德"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chéngcái",
      "word": "成材"
    },
    {
      "word": "成材林"
    },
    {
      "word": "掄材"
    },
    {
      "word": "抡材"
    },
    {
      "word": "擲地之材"
    },
    {
      "word": "掷地之材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiàocái",
      "word": "教材"
    },
    {
      "word": "斗筲之材"
    },
    {
      "word": "早材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mùcái",
      "word": "木材"
    },
    {
      "word": "木材工業"
    },
    {
      "word": "木材工业"
    },
    {
      "word": "材人"
    },
    {
      "word": "材伎"
    },
    {
      "word": "材兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "材儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "材器"
    },
    {
      "word": "材堪盤錯"
    },
    {
      "word": "材堪盘错"
    },
    {
      "word": "材大難用"
    },
    {
      "word": "材大难用"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáiguān",
      "word": "材官"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáigān",
      "word": "材幹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáigān",
      "word": "材干"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáiliào",
      "word": "材料"
    },
    {
      "word": "材智高奇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáimù",
      "word": "材木"
    },
    {
      "word": "材武"
    },
    {
      "word": "材疏志大"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáijī",
      "word": "材積"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáijī",
      "word": "材积"
    },
    {
      "word": "材能兼備"
    },
    {
      "word": "材能兼备"
    },
    {
      "word": "材藝"
    },
    {
      "word": "材艺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáizhì",
      "word": "材質"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáizhì",
      "word": "材质"
    },
    {
      "word": "材輕德薄"
    },
    {
      "word": "材轻德薄"
    },
    {
      "word": "材高知深"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sōngcáixiànchóng",
      "word": "松材線蟲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sōngcáixiànchóng",
      "word": "松材线虫"
    },
    {
      "word": "梓材"
    },
    {
      "word": "棺材"
    },
    {
      "word": "棺材座子"
    },
    {
      "word": "棺材本"
    },
    {
      "word": "棺材板"
    },
    {
      "word": "棺材楦子"
    },
    {
      "word": "棺材瓤子"
    },
    {
      "word": "棟梁之材"
    },
    {
      "word": "楚材晉用"
    },
    {
      "word": "楚材晋用"
    },
    {
      "word": "樗朽之材"
    },
    {
      "word": "樗材"
    },
    {
      "word": "樗櫟庸材"
    },
    {
      "word": "樗栎庸材"
    },
    {
      "word": "沒底棺材"
    },
    {
      "word": "没底棺材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huójiàocái",
      "word": "活教材"
    },
    {
      "word": "液材"
    },
    {
      "word": "濾材"
    },
    {
      "word": "滤材"
    },
    {
      "word": "焊接材料"
    },
    {
      "word": "熟料材兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "熟料材儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "狗材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēncáishíliào",
      "word": "真材實料"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēncáishíliào",
      "word": "真材实料"
    },
    {
      "word": "石化材料"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shícái",
      "word": "石材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhúcái",
      "word": "竹材"
    },
    {
      "word": "箔材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sùcái",
      "word": "素材"
    },
    {
      "word": "綿力薄材"
    },
    {
      "word": "绵力薄材"
    },
    {
      "word": "線材"
    },
    {
      "word": "线材"
    },
    {
      "word": "翹材"
    },
    {
      "word": "翘材"
    },
    {
      "word": "老棺材"
    },
    {
      "word": "耐火材料"
    },
    {
      "word": "至材"
    },
    {
      "word": "良材"
    },
    {
      "word": "花材"
    },
    {
      "word": "菲材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "word": "藥材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "word": "药材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǔncái",
      "word": "蠢材"
    },
    {
      "word": "衒材揚己"
    },
    {
      "word": "衒材扬己"
    },
    {
      "word": "製材"
    },
    {
      "word": "制材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fùhé cáiliào",
      "word": "複合材料"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fùhé cáiliào",
      "word": "复合材料"
    },
    {
      "word": "譾薄之材"
    },
    {
      "word": "谫薄之材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shēncái",
      "word": "身材"
    },
    {
      "word": "軟材"
    },
    {
      "word": "软材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìcái",
      "word": "軼材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìcái",
      "word": "轶材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yìcái",
      "word": "逸材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìn guāncái",
      "word": "進棺材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìn guāncái",
      "word": "进棺材"
    },
    {
      "word": "運動器材"
    },
    {
      "word": "运动器材"
    },
    {
      "word": "適材適用"
    },
    {
      "word": "适材适用"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuǎncái",
      "word": "選材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuǎncái",
      "word": "选材"
    },
    {
      "word": "酒材"
    },
    {
      "word": "量材錄用"
    },
    {
      "word": "量材录用"
    },
    {
      "word": "金屬材料"
    },
    {
      "word": "金属材料"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāngcái",
      "word": "鋼材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāngcái",
      "word": "钢材"
    },
    {
      "word": "長材"
    },
    {
      "word": "长材"
    },
    {
      "word": "防水材料"
    },
    {
      "word": "防火建材"
    },
    {
      "word": "陶瓷材料"
    },
    {
      "word": "集材"
    },
    {
      "word": "雄材偉略"
    },
    {
      "word": "雄材伟略"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tícái",
      "word": "題材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tícái",
      "word": "题材"
    },
    {
      "word": "骨材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāocáishēng",
      "word": "高材生"
    },
    {
      "word": "高材疾足"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móguǐ shēncái",
      "word": "魔鬼身材"
    },
    {
      "word": "鳩工庀材"
    },
    {
      "word": "鸠工庀材"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy",
        "4": "",
        "5": "temperament; talent; resources"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)saːy ⪤ *(d)zaːy (“temperament; talent; resources”) (STEDT). See 才 for more.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "材",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "material; stuff"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "stuff",
          "stuff"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "timber"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "timber",
          "timber"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "cái, “talent; ability”",
          "word": "才"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 才 (cái, “talent; ability”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "才",
          "才#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "talent",
          "talent"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "cài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "châi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsair"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "caj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chòih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsoi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cài"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshâi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhaai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshâi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzoj"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[dz]ˤə/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*zlɯː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sai¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰai⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[dz]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*zlɯː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "材"
}
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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min'",
  "path": [
    "材"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "材",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "材"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "材",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Eastern Min (BUC)'",
  "path": [
    "材"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "材",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "材"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "材",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Eastern Min'",
  "path": [
    "材"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "材",
  "trace": ""
}

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