材料 cáiliào, material/data/makings/stuff/CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng] 身材 shēncái, stature/build (height and weight)/figure 棺材 guāncai, coffin/CL:具[jù],口[kǒu] 器材 qìcái, equipment/material 题材 tícái, [題材], subject matter 素材 sùcái, source material (in literature and art) 木材 mùcái, wood 材 cái, material/timber/ability/aptitude/a capable individual/coffin (old) 蠢材 chǔncái, idiot 材质 cáizhì, [材質], texture of timber/quality of material/material (that sth is made of) 高材生 gāocáishēng, student of great ability 教材 jiàocái, teaching material/CL:本[běn] 建材 jiàncái, building materials 原材料 yuáncáiliào, raw materials/unprocessed materials 取材 qǔcái, to collect material 钢材 gāngcái, [鋼材], steel (as raw material)/steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc 成材 chéngcái, to make sth of oneself/to become a person who is worthy of respect/(of a tree) t... 药材 yàocái, [藥材], medicinal ingredient 就地取材 jiùdìqǔcái, to draw on local resources/using materials at hand 耗材 hàocái, consumables/to consume raw materials 人材 réncái, variant of 人才[rén cái] 复合材料 fùhécáiliào, [複合材料], composite material 良材 liángcái, good timber/sound material/fig. able person/sound chap 不成材 bùchéngcái, worthless/good-for-nothing 不材 bùcái, untalented/I/me (humble)/also written 不才[bù cái] 不见棺材不落泪 bùjiànguāncaibùluòlèi, [不見棺材不落淚], lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)/fig. refuse to be conv... 主材 zhǔcái, principal or main material (engineering) 五短身材 wǔduǎnshēncái, (of a person) short in stature 人尽其材 rénjìnqícái, [人盡其材], employ one's talent to the fullest/everyone gives of their best/also written 人盡其... 参考材料 cānkǎocáiliào, [參考材料], reference material/source documents 可裂变材料 kělièbiàncáiliào, [可裂變材料], fissile material 因材施教 yīncáishījiào, (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability 圆形木材 yuánxíngmùcái, [圓形木材], log 型材 xíngcái, extruded profile 基材 jīcái, substrate 多层材 duōcéngcái, [多層材], plywood 大材小用 dàcáixiǎoyòng, using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)/a sledgehammer to c... 媒材 méicái, medium (art) (Tw) 寿材 shòucái, [壽材], coffin 干材 gàncái, [幹材], ability/capable 心材 xīncái, pith/central core (of tree) 放射性发光材料 fàngshèxìngfāguāngcáiliào, [放射性發光材料], radiophosphor 放射性材料 fàngshèxìngcáiliào, radioactive material 斗筲之材 dǒushāozhīcái, person of limited capacity 材料学 cáiliàoxué, [材料學], material science 材料科学 cáiliàokēxué, [材料科學], materials science 材积 cáijī, [材積], volume (of timber) 棒材 bàngcái, bar/rod 棺材瓤子 guāncairángzi, geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation) 武器级别材料 wǔqìjíbiécáiliào, [武器級別材料], weapons-grade material 测试和材料协会 CèshìhéCáiliàoXiéhuì, [測試和材料協會], American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 生物材料 shēngwùcáiliào, bio-materials 电脑辅助教材 diànnǎofǔzhùjiàocái, [電腦輔助教材], computer-aided instruction 研磨材料 yánmócáiliào, abrasive/grinding material 翘材 qiáocái, [翹材], outstanding talent 耶律楚材 YēlǜChǔcái, Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei... 裂变材料 lièbiàncáiliào, [裂變材料], fissionable material 视听材料 shìtīngcáiliào, [視聽材料], evidence of material seen and heard/oral testimony 边材 biāncái, [邊材], sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) 隔热材料 gérècáiliào, [隔熱材料], insulation 隽材 juàncái, [雋材], talent 集材 jícái, logging 食材 shícái, (food) ingredient 高材 gāocái, great talent/rare capability/person of outstanding ability