# 木材
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mùcái
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): muk$^6$ coi$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): muk-chhòi
    (Hailu, HRS): mug cai
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): borh$^7$ zai$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-châi / bo̍k-chhâi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag$^8$ cai$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$moq-ze
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mùcái
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mùcái
*** Wade–Giles: mu$^4$-tsʻai$^2$
*** Yale: mù-tsái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhtsair
*** Palladius: муцай (mucaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: muk$^6$ coi$^4$
*** Yale: muhk chòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: muk$^9$ tsoi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mug$^6$ coi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊk̚² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: muk-chhòi
*** Hakka Romanization System: mug$^ˋ$ coi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mug$^5$ coi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /muk̚² t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mug cai
*** Sinological IPA: /muk⁵⁻² t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: borh$^7$ zai$^2$ [Phonetic: borh$^6$ zai$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍h-cái
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒʔ⁴⁻¹ t͡sai¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: borh$^7$ zai$^2$ [Phonetic: borh$^6$ zai$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒʔ²⁴⁻² t͡sai¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-châi
*** Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tsâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bogzaai
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sai²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sai²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sai¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sai²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-chhâi
*** Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tshâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bogzhaai
*** IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰai²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰai²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhag$^8$ cai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k tshâi
*** Sinological IPA : /bak̚⁴⁻² t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$moq-ze
*** MiniDict: moh$^入$ ze
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$moq-ze
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ ze²³/

### Noun

木材
* wood; log; timber (Classifier: 塊／块 m)

#### Synonyms

* 木料 (mùliào)
* 木頭 / 木头 (mùtou)
* 材幹 / 材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
* 柴塊 / 柴块 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 柴料 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
* 柴草 (Puxian Min)

#### See also

* 柴禾 (cháihé)
* 柴火 (cháihuo)
* 木柴 (mùchái)
* (Hakka) 木樵 (mùqiáo)
* (literary, Min Nan) 柴草 (cháicǎo)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 木 | 材 |
| もく Grade: 1 | ざい Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) もくざい [mòkúꜜzàì] (Nakadaka –)
* (Tokyo) もくざい [mòkúzáí] (Heiban – [0])
* (Kyoto) もくざい [móꜜkùzàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [mo̞kɯ̟za̠i]

### Noun

木(もく)材(ざい) • (mokuzai)
* timber – trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
* material wood, (UK) timber, (US) lumber – wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

#### Derived terms

* 木(もく)材(ざい)パルプ (mokuzai parupu)
* 木(もく)材(ざい)屋(や) (mokuzaiya)
* 木(もく)材(ざい)糖(とう) (mokuzaitō)

### References

* 1 2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third 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
* 1 2 3 “木材”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 木 | 材 |

### Noun

木材 • (mokjae) (hangeul 목재)
* hanja form of 목재 (“timber”)