器材

器材

Chinese

		device; tool; utensil	material
trad. (器材)		器	材
simp. #(器材)		器	材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ coi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hi-chhòi
• Min Nan (POJ): khì-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìcái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: chì-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihtsair
    • Palladius: цицай (cicaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ coi⁴
    • Yale: hei chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi coiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ coi²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-châi
    • Tâi-lô: khì-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiezaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/

Noun

器材

1. equipment

   健身器材  ―  jiànshēn qìcái  ―  exercise equipment

   運動器材／运动器材 [Hokkien]  ―  ūn-tōng khì-châi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  exercise equipment

Related terms

• 器具 (qìjù)
• 器械 (qìxiè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (器材):

• → Japanese: 器(き)材(ざい) (kizai)
• → Korean: 기재(器材) (gijae)
• → Vietnamese: khí tài (器材)

References

• “Entry #50475”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
器	材

Noun

器材

1. chữ Hán form of khí tài (“material, equipment”).