HSK 6 · Ideas

实质 shízhì “substance” in Chinese

Traditional 實質

What 实质 means

  1. substance
  2. essence

How to say 实质

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale质zhì4th tone, falling

实质 in a sentence

  1. 这是一场没有实质内容的争论。

    Zhè shì yì chǎng méiyǒu shízhì nèiróng de zhēnglùn.

    It was an argument with no real substance.

    Sentence #13990823 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 实质 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 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

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 实质

实 8 strokes · 质 8 strokes

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

Words related to 实质

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

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品质pǐnzhì · quality素质sùzhì · quality

More words: Ideas & Concepts

事态shìtài · situation失误shīwù · mistake事项shìxiàng · matter视野shìyě · field of vision手法shǒufǎ · technique思维sīwéi · thinking俗话súhuà · common saying素质sùzhì · quality

FAQs

实质 (shízhì) means “substance” or “essence”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shízhì: shí with a 2nd 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, 实质 is written 實質. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 实质 from the suggestions. Typing shizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
实质 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.