品質

简 品质 · 繁 品質
Mandarin · pinyin pǐn zhì

Meanings

  1. character
  2. intrinsic quality (of a person)
  3. quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
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品
pǐn · article, product, commodity
質
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质
zhì · matter, material, substance
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3–4 · pin3 zhi4

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noun

  1. (of a person) character
  2. (of a product) quality

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品質 · pin3 zhi4
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Exact source record品質 品质 [pin3 zhi4] /character/intrinsic quality (of a person)/quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)/