質量

See also: 质量

Chinese

		hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
trad. (質量)		質	量
simp. (质量)		质	量

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 質(しつ)量(りょう) (shitsuryō)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìliàng, zhíliàng, zhǐliàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ, ㄓˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ, ㄓˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat¹ loeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳt-liong
• Eastern Min (BUC): cék-liông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chit-liōng / chit-liāng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziêh⁴ liang⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷tseq-lian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìliàng → zhìliang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ → ㄓˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhliång
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-liang⁵
    • Yale: jr̀-lyang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh.lianq
    • Palladius: чжилян (čžiljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíliàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhliàng
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-liang⁴
    • Yale: jŕ-lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrlianq
    • Palladius: чжилян (čžiljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐliàng → zhǐliang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ → ㄓˇ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhliång
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-liang⁵
    • Yale: jř-lyang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy.lianq
    • Palladius: чжилян (čžiljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴ li̯ɑŋ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat¹ loeng⁶
    • Yale: jāt leuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁷ loeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed¹ lêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚⁵ lœːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳt-liong
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziid` liong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zid⁵ liong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨt̚² li̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cék-liông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ l̃uɔŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citliong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ liɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-liāng
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-liāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citliang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ liaŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ liaŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziêh⁴ liang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsieh liăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieʔ²⁻⁴ liaŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷tseq-lian
    • MiniDict: tseh^入 lian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tseq-lian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡səʔ³³ liã⁴⁴/

Noun

質量

1. (physics) mass
2. (Mainland China) quality; standard; grade

   提高質量／提高质量  ―  tígāo zhìliàng  ―  to improve quality

   教學質量／教学质量  ―  jiàoxué zhìliàng  ―  quality of instruction

   空氣質量／空气质量  ―  kōngqì zhìliàng  ―  air quality

   整體質量／整体质量  ―  zhěngtǐ zhìliàng  ―  overall quality

3. quality and quantity

Synonyms

• (quality):

Dialectal synonyms of 質量 (“quality (opposite of quantity 數量)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		質, 品
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		品質, 成色, 質量
Mandarin	Beijing	質量, 品質
	Taiwan	品質
	Singapore	品質
Cantonese	Hong Kong	質素, 品質

Derived terms

• 原子質量／原子质量 (yuánzǐ zhìliàng)
• 大質量弱相互作用粒子／大质量弱相互作用粒子 (dà zhìliàng ruò xiānghù zuòyòng lìzǐ)
• 摩爾質量／摩尔质量 (mó'ěr zhìliàng)
• 生活質量／生活质量 (shēnghuó zhìliàng)
• 約化質量／约化质量 (yuēhuà zhìliàng)
• 質量守恆／质量守恒 (zhìliàng shǒuhéng)
• 質量數／质量数 (zhìliàngshù)

 

See also

• 數量／数量 (shùliàng)
• 數目／数目 (shùmù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
質	量
しつ Grade: 5	りょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しつ​りょー [shìtsúꜜryòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥t͡sɨᵝɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

質(しつ)量(りょう) • (shitsuryō) ^{←しつりやう (situryau)?}

1. (physics) mass
2. quality and quantity

Descendants

• → Chinese: 質量／质量
• → Korean: 질량 (jillyang)
• → Vietnamese: chất lượng

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
質	量

Noun

質量 • (jillyang or McCune-Reischauer: chillyang or Yale: cillyang) (hangeul 질량)

1. Hanja form^? of 질량 (“mass”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
質	量

Noun

質量

1. chữ Hán form of chất lượng (“quality”).