素材

Chinese

		plain; element	material
simp. and trad. (素材)		素	材

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùcái

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ coi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘-châi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùcái
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-tsʻai²
  - Yale: sù-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhtsair
  - Palladius: суцай (sucaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ coi⁴
  - Yale: sou chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-châi
  - Tâi-lô: sòo-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sorzaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/

Noun

素材

source material (for works of art, literature, etc.)

Synonyms

本事 (běnshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
素	材
そ Grade: 5	ざい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

素 (そ, so: “element”) + 材 (ざい, zai: “material”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そざい [sòzáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [so̞za̠i]

Noun

素(そ)材(ざい) • (sozai)

material for making something such as food, web page, art,
material for writing a document

Synonyms

(making something): 原料(げんりょう) (genryō), 材料(ざいりょう) (zairyō)