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HSK
nature / characteristic / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
HSK 4
matter / substance / material / materialistic / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
excellent quality
HSK 6
inner quality / basic essence
HSK 6
essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality
HSK 6
protein
HSK 7-9
to degenerate; to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad; to go off / (geology) metamorphism
HSK 7-9
substance / essence
HSK 7-9
(a person's) constitution; underlying physical condition; physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness
HSK 7-9
characteristic / special quality
HSK 7-9
geology
HSK 7-9
shoddy; of poor quality
HSK 7-9
hostage
HSK 7-9
personality traits; temperament; disposition / aura; air; feel; vibe / refinement; sophistication; class
HSK 7-9
wooden
texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of)
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  *質* | 質* | *質
character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
gluten-free
(idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved
(attributive) paper; hard-copy; printed / paper quality
heterogeneous
molecular bromine
water quality
cutin / keratin
tone / sound quality / timbre
electrolyte
mineral, esp. dietary mineral
cortex / cerebral cortex
medium / media
impurity
aptitude / natural endowments
colloid / gelatinous matter
(idiom) to be naturally beautiful; to be born beautiful
to confront (in court etc) / confrontation
chemical property
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
made of silver
simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
tooth enamel
cytoplasm
(old) tooth enamel (still in use in Taiwan)
chromosome / genetic material of chromosome
protoplasm
to mortgage / to pawn
physical property
form / structure / design
antimatter
nervous / on edge / excitable / neurotic
solute
Cachexia (physical wasting associated with long-term illness)
potential
homogenous / uniform / homogenized
homogeneous
mesenchyme (physiology)
image quality; resolution; definition
base solvent (of chemical compound) / stroma (framing biological tissue)
tannin
siliceous / containing silica
muddy
chitin
stony
dentin / dentine
nutrient
chitin
qualia (philosophy)
biomass
(chemistry) mass transfer (as observed in processes like evaporation, distillation and membrane filtration)
waxiness
genetic material
transmission medium
prefrontal cortex (PFC)
medium
perishable
(physics) dark matter
to have class; classy
parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment)
molecular chlorine
sandy
aerosol
globular protein
sial rock (containing silicon and aluminium, so comparatively light, making continental plates)
glial cell / neuroglia
cancellous bone / trabecular bone / spongy bone
professionalism
quality of meat / succulent (botany)
adrenal cortex
adrenal medulla
collagen (protein)
carcinogen / cancer causing substance
neurotransmitter
to value quantity over quality
calcium
mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
inhomogeneous
alkalinity
gluten


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