木材

木材

Chinese

		tree; wood	material
simp. and trad. (木材)		木	材
anagram		材木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ coi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): muk-chhòi
• Min Nan (POJ): bo̍k-châi / bo̍k-chhâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mùcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhtsair
    • IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ coi⁴
    • Yale: muhk chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ coi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² t͡sʰɔːy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: mug` coiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ coi²
    • IPA: /muk̚² t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-châi
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogzaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡saɪ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡saɪ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡saɪ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-chhâi
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tshâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogzhaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰaɪ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰaɪ²⁴/

Noun

木材

1. wood; log; timber (Classifier: 塊／块 m)

Synonyms

• (Classical Chinese) 材幹／材干 (cáigān)
• 木料 (mùliào)
• 木頭／木头 (mùtou)
• (Min Nan) 柴料, 柴塊／柴块

See also

• 柴禾 (cháihé)
• 柴火 (cháihuo)
• 木柴 (mùchái)
• (Hakka) 木樵 (mùqiáo)
• (literary, Min Nan) 柴草 (cháicǎo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	材
もく Grade: 1	ざい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

木材 (hiragana もくざい, rōmaji mokuzai)

1. timber - trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
2. material wood, (UK) timber, (US) lumber - wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.