HSK 6 · Objects

器材 qìcái “equipment” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 器材 means

  1. equipment
  2. materials
  3. material

How to say 器材

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale器qì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale材cái2nd tone, rising

器材 in a sentence

  1. 学校买了一批新的体育器材。

    Xuéxiào mǎi le yì pī xīn de tǐyù qìcái.

    The school bought a batch of new sports equipment.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 摄影器材很贵。

    Shèyǐng qìcái hěn guì.

    Photography equipment is expensive.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 器材 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 器 (qì) with each of its parts in a different colour
器qìdevice
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 犬dog · quǎn
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 材 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
材cáimaterial
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 才ability · cáiSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with cái.

How to write 器材

器 16 strokes · 材 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

器材 (qìcái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 器材 (qìcái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 器材

Words with 器

机器jīqì · machine乐器yuèqì · musical instrument充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger器官qìguān · organ (of the body)仪器yíqì · instrument容器róngqì · container武器wǔqì · weapon

Words with 材

材料cáiliào · (raw) material身材shēncái · stature教材jiàocái · teaching material题材tícái · subject matter

More words: Objects & Materials

模型móxíng · model泡沫pàomò · foam皮革pígé · leather屏障píngzhàng · barrier请柬qǐngjiǎn · invitation card请帖qǐngtiě · invitation card旗帜qízhì · flag容器róngqì · container

FAQs

器材 (qìcái) means “equipment” or “materials”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qìcái: qì with a 4th tone, then cái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 器材 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qicai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 器材 from the suggestions. Typing qicai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
器材 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.