質量

See also: 质量

Chinese

		hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
trad. (質量)		質	量
simp. (质量)		质	量

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 質量(しつりょう) (shitsuryō, “mass, quality”)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 質量

1. (physics) mass
2. (Mainland China) quality; standard; grade

   提高質量／提高质量  ―  tígāo zhìliàng  ―  to improve quality

   教學質量／教学质量  ―  jiàoxué zhìliàng  ―  quality of instruction

   空氣質量／空气质量  ―  kōngqì zhìliàng  ―  air quality

   整體質量／整体质量  ―  zhěngtǐ zhìliàng  ―  overall quality

3. quality and quantity

Synonyms

• (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

See also

• 數量／数量 (shùliàng)
• 數目／数目 (shùmù)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
質	量
しつ Grade: 5	りょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

質(しつ)量(りょう) • (shitsuryō) ^{←しつりやう (situryau)?}

1. (physics) mass
2. quality and quantity

Descendants

• → Chinese: 質量／质量
• → Korean: 질량 (jillyang)
• → Vietnamese: chất lượng

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
質	量

Noun

質量 • (jillyang or McCune-Reischauer: chillyang or Yale: cillyang) (hangeul 질량)

1. Hanja form^? of 질량 (“mass”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
質	量

Noun

質量

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