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)[1]

Pronunciation

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
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

See also

References
  1. 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 407

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

Pronunciation

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
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 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”).
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