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品质 pǐnzhì “quality” in Chinese

Traditional 品質

What 品质 means

  1. quality
  2. character
  3. intrinsic quality (of a person)
  4. quality (of a product or service, or as in “quality of life”, “air quality” etc)

How to say 品质

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale品pǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale质zhì4th tone, falling

品质 in a sentence

  1. 这些产品的品质是一样的。

    Zhèxiē chǎnpǐn de pǐnzhì shì yíyàng de.

    The quality of these products is the same.

    Sentence #2188412 from Tatoeba

  2. 你有品质好一点的吗？

    Nǐ yǒu pǐnzhì hǎo yìdiǎn de ma?

    Do you have anything of better quality?

    Sentence #754660 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他们的货品有着最高的品质。

    Tāmen de huòpǐn yǒuzhe zuìgāo de pǐnzhì.

    Their goods are of the highest quality.

    Sentence #2581556 from Tatoeba

How 品质 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 品 (pǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
品pǐnarticle; commodity; product; goods
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 质 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
质zhìcharacter
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 十ten · shíSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 品质

品 9 strokes · 质 8 strokes

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

Words related to 品质

Words with 品

产品chǎnpǐn · product商品shāngpǐn · commodity作品zuòpǐn · work (of art)日用品rìyòngpǐn · articles for daily use品尝pǐncháng · to taste次品cìpǐn · defective product毒品dúpǐn · drugs品种pǐnzhǒng · variety样品yàngpǐn · sample品德pǐndé · moral character

Words with 质

质量zhìliàng · quality物质wùzhì · matter本质běnzhì · essence性质xìngzhì · nature变质biànzhì · to go bad气质qìzhì · temperament人质rénzhì · hostage地质dìzhì · geology实质shízhì · substance素质sùzhì · quality

More words: Ideas & Concepts

偏差piānchā · deviation片断piànduàn · fragment偏见piānjiàn · prejudice品德pǐndé · moral character千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means前景qiánjǐng · prospects潜力qiánlì · potential前提qiántí · premise

FAQs

品质 (pǐnzhì) means “quality” or “character”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pǐnzhì: pǐn with a 3rd tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 品质 is written 品質. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pinzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 品质 from the suggestions. Typing pinzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
品质 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.