| 1 | 物质 | 物質 | wù zhì | wu4 zhi4 | matter; substance; material; materialistic; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 性质 | 性質 | xìng zhì | xing4 zhi4 | nature; characteristic; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 质量 | 質量 | zhì liàng | zhi4 liang4 | quality; (physics) mass; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 质 | 質 | zhì | zhi4 | character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2] | | |
| 5 | 本质 | 本質 | běn zhì | ben3 zhi4 | essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality | | |
| 6 | 素质 | 素質 | sù zhì | su4 zhi4 | inner quality; basic essence | | |
| 7 | 蛋白质 | 蛋白質 | dàn bái zhì | dan4 bai2 zhi4 | protein | | |
| 8 | 品质 | 品質 | pǐn zhì | pin3 zhi4 | character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) | | |
| 9 | 地质 | 地質 | dì zhì | di4 zhi4 | neurotransmitter; geology | | |
| 10 | 实质 | 實質 | shí zhì | shi2 zhi4 | stony; substance; essence | | |
| 11 | 气质 | 氣質 | qì zhì | qi4 zhi4 | temperament; personality traits; manners | | |
| 12 | 杂质 | 雜質 | zá zhì | za2 zhi4 | impurity | | |
| 13 | 质子 | 質子 | zhì zǐ | zhi4 zi3 | proton (positively charged nuclear particle); a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China | | |
| 14 | 物质文明 | 物質文明 | wù zhì wén míng | wu4 zhi4 wen2 ming2 | material culture | | |
| 15 | 本质上 | 本質上 | běn zhì shàng | ben3 zhi4 shang4 | essentially; inherent | | |
| 16 | 优质 | 優質 | yōu zhì | you1 zhi4 | excellent quality | | |
| 17 | 实质上 | 實質上 | shí zhì shàng | shi2 zhi4 shang4 | virtually; essentially | | |
| 18 | 细胞质 | 細胞質 | xì bāo zhì | xi4 bao1 zhi4 | cytoplasm | | |
| 19 | 介质 | 介質 | jiè zhì | jie4 zhi4 | medium; media | | |
| 20 | 体质 | 體質 | tǐ zhì | ti3 zhi4 | constitution | | |
| 21 | 质变 | 質變 | zhì biàn | zhi4 bian4 | qualitative change; fundamental change | | |
| 22 | 化学性质 | 化學性質 | huà xué xìng zhì | hua4 xue2 xing4 zhi4 | chemical property | | |
| 23 | 变质 | 變質 | biàn zhì | bian4 zhi4 | to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism | | |
| 24 | 水质 | 水質 | shuǐ zhì | shui3 zhi4 | water quality | | |
| 25 | 质地 | 質地 | zhì dì | zhi4 di4 | texture; background (texture); grain; quality; character; disposition | | |