取材

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	material
trad. (取材)		取	材
simp. ^#(取材)		取	材

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǔcái

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi² coi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhú-châi / chhí-châi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǔcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔcái
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü³-tsʻai²
  - Yale: chyǔ-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheutsair
  - Palladius: цюйцай (cjujcaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi² coi⁴
  - Yale: chéui chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey² tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu² coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-châi
  - Tâi-lô: tshú-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhwzaai
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhí-châi
  - Tâi-lô: tshí-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chyzaai
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai¹³/

Verb

取材

to obtain (material, data) from

Synonyms

到手 (dàoshǒu)
博得 (bódé)
取 (qǔ)
取得 (qǔdé)
奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
弋取 (yìqǔ) (literary)
得到 (dédào)
得著 / 得着 (dézháo)
拔取 (báqǔ)
採取 / 采取 (cǎiqǔ)
獲 / 获
獲取 / 获取 (huòqǔ)
獲得 / 获得 (huòdé)
獲致 / 获致 (huòzhì) (formal)
贏得 / 赢得 (yíngdé)
集取 (jíqǔ) (literary)

Derived terms

就地取材 (jiùdìqǔcái)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
取	材
しゅ Grade: 3	ざい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅざい [shùzáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨza̠i]

Noun

取(しゅ)材(ざい) • (shuzai)

collecting data for news, covering an event

Verb

取(しゅ)材(ざい)する • (shuzai suru) suru (stem 取(しゅ)材(ざい)し (shuzai shi), past 取(しゅ)材(ざい)した (shuzai shita))

cover an event, collect information for news

Conjugation

Conjugation of "取材する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	取材し	しゅざいし	shuzai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	取材し	しゅざいし	shuzai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	取材する	しゅざいする	shuzai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	取材する	しゅざいする	shuzai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	取材すれ	しゅざいすれ	shuzai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	取材せよ¹ 取材しろ²	しゅざいせよ¹ しゅざいしろ²	shuzai seyo¹ shuzai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	取材される	しゅざいされる	shuzai sareru
Causative	取材させる取材さす	しゅざいさせるしゅざいさす	shuzai saseru shuzai sasu
Potential	取材できる	しゅざいできる	shuzai dekiru
Volitional	取材しよう	しゅざいしよう	shuzai shiyō
Negative	取材しない	しゅざいしない	shuzai shinai
Negative continuative	取材せず	しゅざいせず	shuzai sezu
Formal	取材します	しゅざいします	shuzai shimasu
Perfective	取材した	しゅざいした	shuzai shita
Conjunctive	取材して	しゅざいして	shuzai shite
Hypothetical conditional	取材すれば	しゅざいすれば	shuzai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

“取材”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
取	材

Noun

取材 • (chwijae) (hangeul 취재)

hanja form^? of 취재 (“gathering news materials; coverage”)