資質

See also: 资质

Chinese

		resources; capital; to provide resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (資質)		資	質
simp. (资质)		资	质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīzhì, zīzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄓˋ, ㄗ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zat¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chir-chit / chu-chit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ zioh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-chih⁴
    • Yale: dz̄-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjyh
    • Palladius: цзычжи (czyčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-chih²
    • Yale: dz̄-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjyr
    • Palladius: цзычжи (czyčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ zat¹
    • Yale: jī jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-chit
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-tsit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ t͡sit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-chit
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zucid
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ zioh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ tsioh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sioʔ²/

Noun

資質

1. natural endowments; intelligence

   資質愚笨的人應加倍努力，方可獲致成功。 [MSC, trad.]
   资质愚笨的人应加倍努力，方可获致成功。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zīzhì yúbèn de rén yìng jiābèi nǔlì, fāng kě huòzhì chénggōng. [Pinyin]

   People who are naturally clumsy should redouble their efforts in order to achieve success.

2. credentials and ability; qualifications

   他的資質沒有任何問題。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的资质没有任何问题。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de zīzhì méiyǒu rènhé wèntí. [Pinyin]

   There is no problem with his qualifications.

Synonyms

• (natural endowments):

• 天分 (tiānfèn)
• 天資／天资 (tiānzī) (literary)
• 天賦／天赋 (tiānfù)
• 稟賦／禀赋 (bǐngfù)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
資	質
し Grade: 5	しつ Grade: 5
on’yomi	kan’on

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 資質 (MC tsij tsyit). First attested in Japanese in a work from 1707.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ししつ [shìshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) し​しつ [shíꜜshìtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

資(し)質(しつ) • (shishitsu) 

1. [from 1707] one's innate disposition, nature, character, talents, aptitude, capacity
2. [date uncertain, possibly recent] learned aptitude, competency, qualifications, certifications

   技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)者(しゃ)に求(もと)められる資(し)質(しつ)

   gijutsusha ni motomerareru shishitsu

   the qualifications sought in an engineer

Usage notes

Many monolingual references do not include any sense covering learned aptitude.