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素质 sùzhì “quality” in Chinese

Traditional 素質

What 素质 means

  1. quality
  2. calibre
  3. character
  4. inner quality
  5. basic essence

How to say 素质

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale素sù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale质zhì4th tone, falling

素质 in a sentence

  1. 在限定时间内完成任务是一个职员的基本素质。

    Zài xiàndìng shíjiān nèi wánchéng rènwu shì yí ge zhíyuán de jīběn sùzhì.

    Finishing tasks on time is a basic quality of any employee.

    Sentence #2938672 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 素质 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 素 (sù) with each of its parts in a different colour
素sùraw silk
  • 龶part of the character
  • 糸silk · mì
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 素质

素 10 strokes · 质 8 strokes

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

Words related to 素质

Words with 素

因素yīnsù · element素食sùshí · vegetarian food朴素pǔsù · plain元素yuánsù · element要素yàosù · key element维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin

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实质shízhì · substance

More words: Ideas & Concepts

实质shízhì · substance手法shǒufǎ · technique思维sīwéi · thinking俗话súhuà · common saying特长tècháng · strength天才tiāncái · genius天赋tiānfù · natural talent天堂tiāntáng · heaven

FAQs

素质 (sùzhì) means “quality” or “calibre”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sùzhì: sù with a 4th 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, 素质 is written 素質. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type suzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 素质 from the suggestions. Typing suzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
素质 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.