塑料
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
塑料 (sùliào) · plastic
塑料 (sùliào) means “plastic”. It is written with 2 characters: 塑 (to sculpt) + 料 (ingredients). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 塑料 is built
The characters
塑 sù · to sculpt
What 塑 is made of
- 朔shuò — beginning
- 屰nì — disobedient
- 屮chè — sprout
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 屰nì — disobedient
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 朔 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
这个瓶子是塑料的。Zhè ge píngzi shì sùliào de.This bottle is made of plastic.
塑料杯子能装热水吗？Sùliào bēizi néng zhuāng rè shuǐ ma?Can a plastic cup hold hot water?
Questions about 塑料
What does 塑料 mean?
塑料 (sùliào) means “plastic”.
How do you pronounce 塑料?
塑料 is pronounced sùliào.
Which HSK level is 塑料?
塑料 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 塑料袋sùliàodàiplastic bag
- 雕塑diāosùsculpture
- 塑造sùzàoto shape
- 材料cáiliàomaterial
- 燃料ránliàofuel
- 原料yuánliàoraw material
- 资料zīliàomaterial
- 饮料yǐnliàodrink
- 不料bùliàounexpectedly
- 调料tiáoliàoseasoning
Learn 塑料 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 85: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.