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材 cái

timber; material, stuff; talent

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 4
Radical
木
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 木才 ⿰木才

Memory hint: wood

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  1. 这些材料是从哪里来的？
    Zhèxiē cáiliào shì cóng nǎli lái de?
    Where did these materials come from?
    these materials is from where come (particle)
  2. 你用的是哪本教材？
    Nǐ yòng de shì nǎ běn jiàocái?
    Which textbook are you using?
    you use (particle) is which (measure) textbook
  3. 我们再买一些运动器材吧。
    Wǒmen zài mǎi yìxiē yùndòng qìcái ba.
    Let's buy some more sports equipment.
    we again buy some sports equipment (particle)
  4. 她的身材不算高。
    Tā de shēncái bú suàn gāo.
    Her figure isn't considered tall.
    she (particle) figure not count tall
  5. 上课以前，老师先准备好了教材。
    Shàngkè yǐqián, lǎoshī xiān zhǔnbèi hǎo le jiàocái.
    Before class, the teacher had already prepared the teaching materials.
    attend-class before, teacher first prepare good (particle) textbook

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