材料
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
材料 (cáiliào) · material
材料 (cáiliào) means “material; ingredients”. It is written with 2 characters: 材 (timber) + 料 (ingredients). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 材料 is built
The characters
材 cái · timber
What 材 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 才cái — ability
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 亅 — hook
- 扌shǒu — hand
Origin hint: 木 gives the meaning, 才 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
做这个蛋糕需要什么材料？Zuò zhège dàngāo xūyào shénme cáiliào?What ingredients do you need to make this cake?
请把材料交给老师。Qǐng bǎ cáiliào jiāogěi lǎoshī.Please hand the materials to the teacher.
Questions about 材料
What does 材料 mean?
材料 (cáiliào) means “material; ingredients”.
How do you pronounce 材料?
材料 is pronounced cáiliào.
Which HSK level is 材料?
材料 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 教材jiàocáitextbook
- 身材shēncáifigure
- 器材qìcáiequipment
- 题材tícáisubject matter
- 燃料ránliàofuel
- 塑料sùliàoplastic
- 塑料袋sùliàodàiplastic bag
- 原料yuánliàoraw material
- 资料zīliàomaterial
- 饮料yǐnliàodrink
Learn 材料 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 60: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.