建材

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	material
simp. and trad. (建材)		建	材

Etymology

Short for 建築材料／建筑材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ coi⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-châi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giang⁶ cai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàncái
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: jyàn-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianntsair
    • Palladius: цзяньцай (czjanʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ coi⁴
    • Yale: gin chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-châi
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernzaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giang⁶ cai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiăng tshâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/

Noun

建材

1. building material

Synonyms

• 建築材料／建筑材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
建	材
けん Grade: 4	ざい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

建(けん)材(ざい) • (kenzai) 

1. building material, construction materials
   • 1990, Hikosaburo Yota, Hiroshi Kosei, Masaru Niwa, Asubesuto nante iranai [We don’t want asbestos]‎^[1], page 135:

     アスベストを含(がん)有(ゆう)しない建(けん)材(ざい)あるいはアスベスト含(がん)有(ゆう)量(りょう)の少(すく)ない建(けん)材(ざい)を使(し)用(よう)する

     Asubesuto o gan'yū shinai kenzai aruiha asubesuto gan'yūryō no sukunai kenzai o shiyō suru

     Use construction materials that don’t include asbestos, or materials with low asbestos content