料 liào ingredients
ingredients; material; to expect
How to remember 料: 米 rice + 斗 fight = ingredients. The last bag of rice starts a fight between two hungry roommates over who gets to choose the ingredients for dinner.
Component breakdown
料 = 米 rice + 斗 fight
- 米 rice
- 斗 fight
The last bag of rice starts a fight between two hungry roommates over who gets to choose the ingredients for dinner.
How it is used
- Two senses: "material/ingredient" and "to expect/anticipate." 材料 (cáiliào) materials, 资料 (zīliào) data/documents, 饮料 (yǐnliào) beverage, 塑料 (sùliào) plastic.
- For "expect": 不料 (búliào) = unexpectedly/who'd have thought, 预料 (yùliào) = to predict, 没料到 (méi liàodào) = didn't anticipate.
- 原料 (yuánliào) raw material vs 燃料 (ránliào) fuel - both concrete, everyday industrial words.
Words with 料
- 饮料yǐnliàodrinkHSK 3
- 材料cáiliàomaterialHSK 4
- 塑料sùliàoplasticHSK 4
- 资料zīliàomaterialHSK 4
- 不料búliàounexpectedlyHSK 6
- 原料yuánliàoraw materialHSK 6
- 原材料yuáncáiliàoraw and semifinished materialsHSK 6
- 燃料ránliàofuelHSK 6
- 预料yùliàoto forecastHSK 6
- 作料zuòliaocondimentsHSK 7
- 出人意料chūrényìliàounexpected (idiom)HSK 7
- 意料yìliàoto anticipateHSK 7
- 料理liàolǐto arrangeHSK 7
- 照料zhàoliàoto tendHSK 7
- 调料tiáoliàocondimentHSK 7
- 香料xiāngliàospiceHSK 7
- 肥料féiliàofertilizerHSK 8
- 饲料sìliàofeedHSK 9
Example sentences
- 他买了一瓶饮料。 Tā mǎile yì píng yǐnliào.He bought a bottle of something to drink.
- 我上网找资料。 Wǒ shàngwǎng zhǎo zīliào.I go online to search for information.
- 我去图书馆找资料。 Wǒ qù túshūguǎn zhǎo zīliào.I'm going to the library to try to find some information/materials.
- 木头是很好的建筑材料。 Mùtou shì hěn hǎo de jiànzhù cáiliào.Wood is a very good construction material.