器材

Chinese

		device; tool; utensil	material
trad. (器材)		器	材
simp. ^#(器材)		器	材

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìcái

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ coi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hi-chhòi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khì-châi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìcái
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-tsʻai²
  - Yale: chì-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihtsair
  - Palladius: цицай (cicaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ coi⁴
  - Yale: hei chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-chhòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi coi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ coi²
  - Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-châi
  - Tâi-lô: khì-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiezaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²³/

Noun

器材

equipment
健身器材 ― jiànshēn qìcái ― exercise equipment

運動器材／运动器材 [Hokkien] ― ūn-tōng khì-châi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― exercise equipment

Related terms

器具 (qìjù)
器械 (qìxiè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (器材):

→ Japanese: 器(き)材(ざい) (kizai)
→ Korean: 기재(器材) (gijae)
→ Vietnamese: khí tài (器材)

References

“器材”, 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.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
器	材

Noun

器材

chữ Hán form of khí tài (“material, equipment”)