品質

See also: 品质

Chinese

		conduct; grade; thing conduct; grade; thing; product; good	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (品質)		品	質
simp. (品质)		品	质

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐnzhì, pǐnzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˋ, ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban² zat¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phín-chṳt

(Hailu, HRS): pin^ˊ zhid
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phín-chit

(Teochew, Peng'im): bing² zioh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: pʻin³-chih⁴
  - Yale: pǐn-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinjyh
  - Palladius: пиньчжи (pinʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnzhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnjhíh
  - Wade–Giles: pʻin³-chih²
  - Yale: pǐn-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinjyr
  - Palladius: пиньчжи (pinʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban² zat¹
  - Yale: bán jāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban² dzat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben² zed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phín-chṳt
  - Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˋ ziid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pin³ zid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰin³¹ t͡sɨt̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˊ zhid
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰin²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃit⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phín-chit
  - Tâi-lô: phín-tsit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phyncid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bing² zioh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: píng tsioh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sioʔ²/

Noun

品質

(of a person) character
(of a product) quality
- 1896, “論杭州繅絲廠”, in 時務報, volume 12, page 25:
  
  現今所用之製絲原繭，乃餘杭縣倉前所產，品質良好，稱杭州第一，每擔值百兩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  现今所用之制丝原茧，乃余杭县仓前所产，品质良好，称杭州第一，每担值百两。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Xiànjīn suǒ yòng zhī zhì sī yuán jiǎn, nǎi Yúháng xiàn Cāngqián suǒ chǎn, pǐnzhì liánghǎo, chēng hángzhōu dìyī, měi dàn zhí bǎi liǎng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(character):

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人品 (rénpǐn)
人格 (réngé)
品德 (pǐndé)
品性 (pǐnxìng)
品格 (pǐngé)
品行 (pǐnxíng)
履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
操守 (cāoshǒu)
操持 (cāochí)
操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
誠信 / 诚信 (chéngxìn)
質地 / 质地 (zhìdì)
骨 (figurative)

(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

References

“品質”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
品	質
ひん Grade: 3	しつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひんしつ [hìńshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [çĩɰ̃ɕit͡sɨ]

Noun

品(ひん)質(しつ) • (hinshitsu)

quality

Derived terms

品質管理(ひんしつかんり) (hinshitsu kanri, “quality control”)
品質保持期限(ひんしつほじきげん) (hinshitsu hoji kigen, “freshness assured through this date”)
品質保証(ひんしつほしょう) (hinshitsu hoshō, “quality assurance”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
品	質

Noun

品質 • (pumjil) (hangeul 품질)

hanja form^? of 품질 (“quality”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
品	質

Noun

品質

chữ Hán form of phẩm chất (“quality”)