原料 yuánliào raw material
How to remember 原料: 原 original + 料 ingredients = raw material.
Characters
How it is used
- Raw material/ingredient that goes into making something - 生产原料 (shēngchǎn yuánliào) production materials, 食品原料 (shípǐn yuánliào) food ingredients.
- The input substance before processing; contrast 材料 (cáiliào), a broader word that also covers documents and general materials.
- Common in manufacturing, cooking, and industry.
Example sentences
- 塑料代替了许多传统的原料。 Sùliào dàitì le xǔduō chuántǒng de yuánliào.Plastics have taken the place of many conventional materials.