材木

Chinese

		material	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (材木)		材	木
anagram		木材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáimù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáimù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáimù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-mu⁴
    • Yale: tsái-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairmuh
    • Palladius: цайму (cajmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: chòih muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ mʊk̚²/

Noun

材木

1. timber; lumber

Synonyms

• 材樹／材树 (cáishù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
材	木
ざい Grade: 4	もく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

材(ざい)木(もく) • (zaimoku) 

1. Material wood, (UK) timber, (US) lumber – wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

Related terms

• 材木屋
• 材木商
• 材木置場

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN