取材

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	material
trad. (取材)		取	材
simp. #(取材)		取	材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi² coi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhú-châi / chhí-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔcái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³-tsʻai²
    • Yale: chyǔ-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheutsair
    • Palladius: цюйцай (cjujcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi² coi⁴
    • Yale: chéui chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey² tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu² coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-châi
    • Tâi-lô: tshú-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhwzaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhí-châi
    • Tâi-lô: tshí-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chyzaai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai¹³/

Verb

取材

1. to obtain (material, data) from

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
取	材
しゅ Grade: 3	ざい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅざい [shùzáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨza̠i]

Noun

取(しゅ)材(ざい) • (shuzai) 

1. collecting data for news, covering an event

Verb

取(しゅ)材(ざい)する • (shuzai suru) suru (stem 取(しゅ)材(ざい)し (shuzai shi), past 取(しゅ)材(ざい)した (shuzai shita))

1. cover an event, collect information for news

Conjugation

Conjugation of "取材する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	取材し	しゅざいし	shuzai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	取材し	しゅざいし	shuzai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	取材する	しゅざいする	shuzai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	取材する	しゅざいする	shuzai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	取材すれ	しゅざいすれ	shuzai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	取材せよ¹ 取材しろ²	しゅざいせよ¹ しゅざいしろ²	shuzai seyo¹ shuzai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	取材される	しゅざいされる	shuzai sareru
Causative	取材させる 取材さす	しゅざいさせる しゅざいさす	shuzai saseru shuzai sasu
Potential	取材できる	しゅざいできる	shuzai dekiru
Volitional	取材しよう	しゅざいしよう	shuzai shiyō
Negative	取材しない	しゅざいしない	shuzai shinai
Negative continuative	取材せず	しゅざいせず	shuzai sezu
Formal	取材します	しゅざいします	shuzai shimasu
Perfective	取材した	しゅざいした	shuzai shita
Conjunctive	取材して	しゅざいして	shuzai shite
Hypothetical conditional	取材すれば	しゅざいすれば	shuzai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative