| 1 | 材料 | 材料 | cái liào | cai2 liao4 | material; data; makings; stuff; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 题材 | 題材 | tí cái | ti2 cai2 | subject matter | | |
| 3 | 教材 | 教材 | jiào cái | jiao4 cai2 | teaching material; Classifiers: 本 | | |
| 4 | 原材料 | 原材料 | yuán cái liào | yuan2 cai2 liao4 | raw materials; unprocessed materials | | |
| 5 | 身材 | 身材 | shēn cái | shen1 cai2 | stature; build (height and weight); figure | | |
| 6 | 木材 | 木材 | mù cái | mu4 cai2 | wood | | |
| 7 | 素材 | 素材 | sù cái | su4 cai2 | source material (in literature and art) | | |
| 8 | 器材 | 器材 | qì cái | qi4 cai2 | equipment; material | | |
| 9 | 材 | 材 | cái | cai2 | material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old) | | |
| 10 | 药材 | 藥材 | yào cái | yao4 cai2 | medicinal ingredient | | |
| 11 | 人材 | 人材 | rén cái | ren2 cai2 | variant of 人才 | | |
| 12 | 钢材 | 鋼材 | gāng cái | gang1 cai2 | steel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc | | |
| 13 | 取材 | 取材 | qǔ cái | qu3 cai2 | to collect material | | |
| 14 | 干材 | 幹材 | gàn cái | gan4 cai2 | ability; capable | | |
| 15 | 复合材料 | 複合材料 | fù hé cái liào | fu4 he2 cai2 liao4 | composite material | | |
| 16 | 多孔材料 | 多孔材料 | duō kǒng cái liào | duo1 kong3 cai2 liao4 | multicellular material; spongy substance; porous material | | |
| 17 | 多层材 | 多層材 | duō céng cái | duo1 ceng2 cai2 | plywood | | |
| 18 | 成材 | 成材 | chéng cái | cheng2 cai2 | to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree) to grow to full size; to become useful for timber | | |
| 19 | 测试和材料协会 | 測試和材料協會 | cè shì hé cái liào xié huì | Ce4 shi4 he2 Cai2 liao4 Xie2 hui4 | American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) | | |
| 20 | 参考材料 | 參考材料 | cān kǎo cái liào | can1 kao3 cai2 liao4 | reference material; source documents | | |
| 21 | 材质 | 材質 | cái zhì | cai2 zhi4 | texture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of) | | |
| 22 | 材料科学 | 材料科學 | cái liào kē xué | cai2 liao4 ke1 xue2 | materials science | | |
| 23 | 材积 | 材積 | cái jī | cai2 ji1 | volume (of timber) | | |
| 24 | 不成材 | 不成材 | bù chéng cái | bu4 cheng2 cai2 | worthless; good-for-nothing | | |
| 25 | 主材 | 主材 | zhǔ cái | zhu3 cai2 | principal or main material (engineering) | | |