原料
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
原料 (yuánliào) · raw material
原料 (yuánliào) means “raw material; ingredients”. It is written with 2 characters: 原 (source) + 料 (ingredients). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 原料 is built
The characters
原 yuán · source
What 原 is made of
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 泉quán — spring
Origin hint: 厂 gives the meaning, 泉 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
料 liào · ingredients
What 料 is made of
- 米mǐ — rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 斗dòu — to struggle
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A hand measuring 斗 a cup of rice 米 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
做面包的原料很简单。Zuò miànbāo de yuánliào hěn jiǎndān.The ingredients for bread are simple.
这种纸的原料是什么？Zhè zhǒng zhǐ de yuánliào shì shénme?What is the raw material of this paper?
Questions about 原料
What does 原料 mean?
原料 (yuánliào) means “raw material; ingredients”.
How do you pronounce 原料?
原料 is pronounced yuánliào.
Which HSK level is 原料?
原料 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 原来yuánláioriginally
- 原因yuányīnreason
- 原则yuánzéprinciple
- 原谅yuánliàngto forgive
- 还原huányuánto restore
- 平原píngyuánplain
- 原告yuángàoplaintiff
- 原理yuánlǐprinciple
- 原始yuánshǐoriginal
- 原先yuánxiānoriginally
Learn 原料 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 11: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.