介質

Chinese

		introduce; lie between; between	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (介質)		介	質
simp. (介质)		介	质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièzhì, jièzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓˋ, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kài-chit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: jyè-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehjyh
    • Palladius: цзечжи (czečži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-chih²
    • Yale: jyè-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehjyr
    • Palladius: цзечжи (czečži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-chit
    • Tâi-lô: kài-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaecid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sit̚³²/

Noun

介質

1. (physics) medium
2. (electrical engineering) insulating substance
3. (biochemistry) mediator