塑料 sùliào plastic
plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
How to remember 塑料: 塑 sculpt + 料 ingredients = plastic.
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How it is used
- 塑料 names the material plastic and almost always sits attributively before another noun, like "plastic" in "a plastic bag."
- Common compounds: 塑料袋 (sùliào dài) plastic bag, 塑料瓶 (sùliào píng) plastic bottle.
- 料 here means "material/ingredient," the same 料 in 材料 (cáiliào) and 原料 (yuánliào).
Example sentences
- 塑料盘子在烤箱里会化的。 Sùliào pánzi zài kǎoxiāng lǐhuìhuà de.A plastic dish will melt on the stove.
- 塑料不易燃烧。 Sùliào búyì ránshāo.Plastic does not burn easily.
- 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.