sù zhì
quality
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他很有素质。
tā hěn yǒu sùzhì.
He is very well-mannered.
我们应该提高自己的素质。
wǒmen yīnggāi tígāo zìjǐ de sùzhì.
We should improve our own quality.
素质教育很重要。
sùzhì jiàoyù hěn zhòngyào.
Quality education is very important.
修养 (xiūyǎng)
cultivation
品质 (pǐnzì)
quality
粗俗 (cū sú)
vulgar
低劣 (dī liè)
inferior
The Chinese word 素质 (sùzhì) is a compound word consisting of two characters: 素 (sù) and 质 (zhì). The character 素 originally meant "white" or "plain", and later extended to mean "simple", "pure", or "natural". The character 质 originally meant "substance" or "material", and later extended to mean "quality" or "nature". When combined, the two characters 素质 (sùzhì) literally mean "plain quality" or "natural quality". In modern Chinese, 素质 (sùzhì) is used to refer to a person's moral character, upbringing, or cultivation. It can also be used to refer to the quality or standard of something. For example, we can say 一个人素质很高 (yī ge rén sùzhì hěn gāo) to mean "a person of high moral character" or 我们产品的质量很好 (wǒmen chǎnpǐn de zhìliàng hěn hǎo) to mean "the quality of our products is very good".
