# 資質
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zīzhì, zīzhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄓˋ, ㄗ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$ zat$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-chṳt
    (Hailu, HRS): zii$^ˋ$ zhid
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chir-chit / chu-chit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ze$^1$ zioh$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zīzhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zihjhìh
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^1$-chih$^4$
*** Yale: dz̄-jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjyh
*** Palladius: цзычжи (czyčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$姿質／姿质 資質／资质
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zīzhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zihjhíh
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^1$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: dz̄-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjyr
*** Palladius: цзычжи (czyčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$姿質／姿质 資質／资质
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$ zat$^1$
*** Yale: jī jāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$ dzat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$ zed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-chṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˊ$ ziid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^1$ zid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴ t͡sɨt̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˋ$ zhid
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵³ t͡ʃit⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-chit
*** Tâi-lô: tsir-tsit
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ t͡sit̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-chit
*** Tâi-lô: tsu-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zucid
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ze$^1$ zioh$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ tsioh
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sioʔ²/

### Noun

資質
* natural endowments; intelligence
       Zīzhì yúbèn de rén yìng jiābèi nǔlì, fāng kě huòzhì chénggōng. [Pinyin]
       People who are naturally clumsy should redouble their efforts in order to achieve success.
* credentials and ability; qualifications
       Tā de zīzhì méiyǒu rènhé wèntí. [Pinyin]
       There is no problem with his qualifications.

#### Synonyms

* (natural endowments):
* 天分 (tiānfèn)
* 天資／天资 (tiānzī) (literary)
* 天賦／天赋 (tiānfù)
* 稟賦／禀赋 (bǐngfù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 資 | 質 |
| し Grade: 5 | しつ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | kan'on |

### Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 資質 (MC tsij tsyit). First attested in Japanese in a work from 1707.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ししつ [shìshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) ししつ [shíꜜshìtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕiɕi̥t͡sɨ]

### Noun

資(し)質(しつ) • (shishitsu)
* [from 1707] one's innate disposition, nature, character, talents, aptitude, capacity
* [date uncertain, possibly recent] learned aptitude, competency, qualifications, certifications
    技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)者(しゃ)に求(もと)められる資(し)質(しつ)
       gijutsusha ni motomerareru shishitsu
       the qualifications sought in an engineer

#### Usage notes

Many monolingual references do not include any sense covering learned aptitude.

### References

* 1 2 “資質”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ “資質”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* ↑ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 資 | 質 |

### Noun

資質 • (jajil) (hangeul 자질)
* hanja form of 자질 (“innate ability, talent; credentials”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 資 | 質 |

### Noun

資質
* chữ Hán form of tư chất (“aptitude, intelligence”).