# 品質
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pǐnzhì, pǐnzhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˋ, ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ban$^2$ zat$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phín-chṳt
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phín-chit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bing$^2$ zioh$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnzhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnjhìh
*** Wade–Giles: pʻin$^3$-chih$^4$
*** Yale: pǐn-jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinjyh
*** Palladius: пиньчжи (pinʹčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnzhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnjhíh
*** Wade–Giles: pʻin$^3$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: pǐn-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinjyr
*** Palladius: пиньчжи (pinʹčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ban$^2$ zat$^1$
*** Yale: bán jāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ban$^2$ dzat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ben$^2$ zed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐn³⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phín-chṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: pin$^ˋ$ ziid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pin$^3$ zid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰin³¹ t͡sɨt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phín-chit
*** Tâi-lô: phín-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phyncid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sit̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bing$^2$ zioh$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: píng tsioh
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sioʔ²/

### Noun

品質
* (of a person) character
* (of a product) quality
** 1896, “論杭州繅絲廠”, in 時務報, volume 12, page 25:
       Xiànjīn suǒ yòng zhī zhì sī yuán jiǎn, nǎi Yúháng xiàn Cāngqián suǒ chǎn, pǐnzhì liánghǎo, chēng hángzhōu dìyī, měi dàn zhí bǎi liǎng. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

* (character):
* 人品 (rénpǐn)
* 人格 (réngé)
* 品德 (pǐndé)
* 品性 (pǐnxìng)
* 品格 (pǐngé)
* 品行 (pǐnxíng)
* 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
* 持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
* 操守 (cāoshǒu)
* 操持 (cāochí)
* 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
* 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
* 誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
* 質地／质地 (zhìdì)
* 骨 (figurative)
* (quality):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 質, 品 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 品質, 成色, 質量 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 質量, 品質 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 品質 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 品質 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 質素, 品質 |

### References

* “Entry #4829”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 品 | 質 |
| ひん Grade: 3 | しつ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

品(ひん)質(しつ) • (hinshitsu)
* quality

#### Derived terms

* 品質管理(ひんしつかんり) (hinshitsu kanri, “quality control”)
* 品質保持期限(ひんしつほじきげん) (hinshitsu hoji kigen, “freshness assured through this date”)
* 品質保証(ひんしつほしょう) (hinshitsu hoshō, “quality assurance”)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 品 | 質 |

### Noun

品質 • (pumjil) (hangeul 품질)
* hanja form of 품질 (“quality”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 品 | 質 |

### Noun

品質
* chữ Hán form of phẩm chất (“quality”).