資質

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See also: 资质

Chinese

 
resources; capital; to provide
resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
 
hostage; substance; nature
hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (資質) 資 質
simp. (资质) 资 质

Pronunciation

Noun

資質

  1. natural endowments; intelligence
    資質愚笨的人應加倍努力，方可獲致成功。 [MSC, trad.]
    资质愚笨的人应加倍努力，方可获致成功。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zīzhì yúbèn de rén yìng jiābèi nǔlì, fāng kě huòzhì chénggōng.
    People who are naturally clumsy should redouble their efforts in order to achieve success.
  2. credentials and ability; qualifications
    他的資質沒有任何問題。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的资质没有任何问题。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de zīzhì méiyǒu rènhé wèntí.
    There is no problem with his qualifications.

Synonyms

  • (natural endowments):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
資 質
し
Grade: 5 		しつ
Grade: 5
on’yomi kan’on

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 資質 (MC tsij tsyit). First attested in Japanese in a work from 1707.

Pronunciation

Noun

資(し)質(しつ) • (shishitsu) 

  1. one's innate disposition, nature, character, talents, aptitude, capacity
  2. learned aptitude, competency, qualifications, certifications
    技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)者(しゃ)に求(もと)められる資(し)質(しつ)
    gijutsusha ni motomerareru shishitsu
    the qualifications sought in an engineer

Usage notes

Many monolingual references do not include any sense covering learned aptitude.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “資質”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. ^ “資質”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  7. ^ 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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