材

边材

biān cái

sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)

钢材

gāng cái

steel (as raw material)

题材

tí cái

subject matter

集材

jí cái

(forestry) to log; to skid; to yard

隽材

juàn cái

talent

食材

shí cái

(food) ingredient

高材

gāo cái

great talent

高材生

gāo cái shēng

student of great ability

不成材

bù chéng cái

worthless

不材

bù cái

untalented

不见棺材不落泪

bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi

lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)

主材

zhǔ cái

principal or main material (engineering)