材料 cáiliào material
How to remember 材料: 材 timber + 料 ingredients = material.
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How it is used
- Material(s) - physical stuff, or documents/data - 建筑材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào) building materials; 参考材料 reference materials.
- Covers raw materials, ingredients, and written source materials.
- Contrast 资料 (zīliào), which is specifically information/data/documents; 材料 also covers physical substances (wood, cloth, food ingredients).
Example sentences
- 材料将被提供。 Cáiliào jiāng bèi tígōng.Materials will be provided.
- 用优质材料做的家具卖得很好。 Yòng yōuzhì cáiliào zuò de jiājù mài de hěn hǎo.Furniture made of good materials sells well.
- 木头是很好的建筑材料。 Mùtou shì hěn hǎo de jiànzhù cáiliào.Wood is a very good construction material.