質素

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See also: 质素

Chinese

hostage; substance; nature
hostage; substance; nature; quality
 
 plain; element
trad. (質素) 質 素
simp. (质素) 质 素
anagram 素質／素质

Pronunciation

Noun

質素

  1. inner quality; innate quality
  2. basic essence
  3. personal accomplishment; attainment; self-control; self-cultivation
  4. (Hong Kong) quality

Synonyms

  • (inner quality):
Dialectal synonyms of 素質 (“inner quality (of a person)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 素質
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 素質
Taiwan 素質
Cantonese Guangzhou 質素
Hong Kong 質素
Wu Shanghai 素質
  • (quality):
Dialectal synonyms of 質量 (“quality (opposite of quantity 數量)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 質, 品
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 品質, 成色, 質量
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 質量, 品質
Taiwan 品質
Singapore 品質
Cantonese Hong Kong 質素, 品質

Adjective

質素

  1. simple; plain

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
質 素
しつ > しっ
Grade: 5 		そ
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

質(しっ)素(そ) • (shisso) -na (adnominal 質(しっ)素(そ)な (shisso na), adverbial 質(しっ)素(そ)に (shisso ni))

  1. plain, ordinary

Inflection

Inflection of 質素
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 質素だろ しっそだろ shisso daro
Continuative (連用形) 質素で しっそで shisso de
Terminal (終止形) 質素だ しっそだ shisso da
Attributive (連体形) 質素な しっそな shisso na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 質素なら しっそなら shisso nara
Imperative (命令形) 質素であれ しっそであれ shisso de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 質素ではない
質素じゃない 		しっそではない
しっそじゃない 		shisso de wa nai
shisso ja nai
Informal past 質素だった しっそだった shisso datta
Informal negative past 質素ではなかった
質素じゃなかった 		しっそではなかった
しっそじゃなかった 		shisso de wa nakatta
shisso ja nakatta
Formal 質素です しっそです shisso desu
Formal negative 質素ではありません
質素じゃありません 		しっそではありません
しっそじゃありません 		shisso de wa arimasen
shisso ja arimasen
Formal past 質素でした しっそでした shisso deshita
Formal negative past 質素ではありませんでした
質素じゃありませんでした 		しっそではありませんでした
しっそじゃありませんでした 		shisso de wa arimasen deshita
shisso ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 質素で しっそで shisso de
Conditional 質素なら（ば） しっそなら（ば） shisso nara (ba)
Provisional 質素だったら しっそだったら shisso dattara
Volitional 質素だろう しっそだろう shisso darō
Adverbial 質素に しっそに shisso ni
Degree 質素さ しっそさ shissosa

Noun

質(しっ)素(そ) • (shisso) 

  1. plainness, ordinariness
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