木材 mùcái wood
How to remember 木材: 木 tree + 材 timber = wood.
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How it is used
- Wood/timber/lumber as a material - 进口木材 (jìnkǒu mùcái) imported timber, 木材加工 (mùcái jiāgōng) wood processing.
- Refers to wood as raw material/building resource, not a living tree (树 shù) or firewood (柴 chái).
- Industrial/commercial register; contrast 木头 (mùtou), the everyday word for a piece of wood.
Example sentences
- 木材可燃。 Mùcái kěrán.Wood burns.