資質

See also: 资质

Chinese

		resources; capital; to provide resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (資質)		資	質
simp. (资质)		资	质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīzhì, zīzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄓˋ, ㄗ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zat¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chir-chit / chu-chit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ zioh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-chih⁴
    • Yale: dz̄-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjyh
    • Palladius: цзычжи (czyčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-chih²
    • Yale: dz̄-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjyr
    • Palladius: цзычжи (czyčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ zat¹
    • Yale: jī jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-chit
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-tsit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ t͡sit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-chit
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zucid
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ zioh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ tsioh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sioʔ²/

Noun

資質

1. natural endowments; intelligence

   資質愚笨的人應加倍努力，方可獲致成功。 [MSC, trad.]
   资质愚笨的人应加倍努力，方可获致成功。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zīzhì yúbèn de rén yìng jiābèi nǔlì, fāng kě huòzhì chénggōng. [Pinyin]

   People who are naturally clumsy should redouble their efforts in order to achieve success.

2. credentials and ability; qualifications

   他的資質沒有任何問題。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的资质没有任何问题。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de zīzhì méiyǒu rènhé wèntí. [Pinyin]

   There is no problem with his qualifications.

Synonyms

• (natural endowments):

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• 天分 (tiānfèn)
• 天資／天资 (tiānzī) (literary)
• 天賦／天赋 (tiānfù)
• 稟賦／禀赋 (bǐngfù)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
資	質
し Grade: 5	しつ Grade: 5
on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 資質 (MC tsij tsyit). First attested in Japanese in a work from 1707.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ししつ [shìshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ししつ [shíꜜshìtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi̥t͡sɨ]

Noun

資(し)質(しつ) • (shishitsu) 

1. [from 1707] one's innate disposition, nature, character, talents, aptitude, capacity
2. [date uncertain, possibly recent] learned aptitude, competency, qualifications, certifications

   技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)者(しゃ)に求(もと)められる資(し)質(しつ)

   gijutsusha ni motomerareru shishitsu

   the qualifications sought in an engineer

Usage notes

Many monolingual references do not include any sense covering learned aptitude.

Korean

Hanja in this term
資	質

Noun

資質 • (jajil) (hangeul 자질)

1. hanja form^? of 자질 (“innate ability, talent; credentials”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
資	質

Noun

資質

1. chữ Hán form of tư chất (“aptitude, intelligence”).