品質

See also: 品质

Chinese

		conduct; grade; thing conduct; grade; thing; product; good	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (品質)		品	質
simp. (品质)		品	质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐnzhì, pǐnzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˋ, ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban² zat¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phín-chṳt

  (Hailu, HRS): pin^ˊ zhid

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phín-chit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bing² zioh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin³-chih⁴
    • Yale: pǐn-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinjyh
    • Palladius: пиньчжи (pinʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin³-chih²
    • Yale: pǐn-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinjyr
    • Palladius: пиньчжи (pinʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban² zat¹
    • Yale: bán jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban² dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben² zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phín-chṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˋ ziid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin³ zid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin³¹ t͡sɨt̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˊ zhid
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃit⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phín-chit
    • Tâi-lô: phín-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phyncid
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bing² zioh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: píng tsioh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sioʔ²/

Noun

品質

1. (of a person) character
2. (of a product) quality
   • 1896, “論杭州繅絲廠”, in 時務報, volume 12, page 25:

     現今所用之製絲原繭，乃餘杭縣倉前所產，品質良好，稱杭州第一，每擔值百兩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     现今所用之制丝原茧，乃余杭县仓前所产，品质良好，称杭州第一，每担值百两。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Xiànjīn suǒ yòng zhī zhì sī yuán jiǎn, nǎi Yúháng xiàn Cāngqián suǒ chǎn, pǐnzhì liánghǎo, chēng hángzhōu dìyī, měi dàn zhí bǎi liǎng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (character):

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• 人品 (rénpǐn)
• 人格 (réngé)
• 品德 (pǐndé)
• 品性 (pǐnxìng)
• 品格 (pǐngé)
• 品行 (pǐnxíng)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
• 操守 (cāoshǒu)
• 操持 (cāochí)
• 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 誠信 / 诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 質地 / 质地 (zhìdì)
• 骨 (figurative)

• (quality):

Dialectal synonyms of 質量 (“quality (opposite of quantity 數量)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		質, 品
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		品質, 成色, 質量
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	質量, 品質
	Taiwan	品質
	Singapore	品質
Cantonese	Hong Kong	質素, 品質

References

• “品質”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
品	質
ひん Grade: 3	しつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひんしつ [hìńshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çĩɰ̃ɕit͡sɨ]

Noun

品(ひん)質(しつ) • (hinshitsu) 

1. quality

Derived terms

• 品質管理(ひんしつかんり) (hinshitsu kanri, “quality control”)
• 品質保持期限(ひんしつほじきげん) (hinshitsu hoji kigen, “freshness assured through this date”)
• 品質保証(ひんしつほしょう) (hinshitsu hoshō, “quality assurance”)

References

• “品質”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
品	質

Noun

品質 • (pumjil) (hangeul 품질)

1. hanja form^? of 품질 (“quality”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
品	質

Noun

品質

1. chữ Hán form of phẩm chất (“quality”)