资料
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
资料 (zīliào) · material
资料 (zīliào) means “material; data; information”. It is written with 2 characters: 资 (wealth) + 料 (ingredients). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 资料 is built
The characters
资 zī · wealth
What 资 is made of
- 次cì — order
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 欠qiàn — to lack
- ⺈ — top shape
- 人rén — person
- 冫bīng — ice
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 贝 gives the meaning, 次 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
我在图书馆查资料。Wǒ zài túshūguǎn chá zīliào.I'm looking up materials in the library.
这些资料是从哪儿找的？Zhèxiē zīliào shì cóng nǎr zhǎo de?Where did you find this data?
Questions about 资料
What does 资料 mean?
资料 (zīliào) means “material; data; information”.
How do you pronounce 资料?
资料 is pronounced zīliào.
Which HSK level is 资料?
资料 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 工资gōngzīpay
- 资格zīgéqualification
- 资金zījīnfunds
- 投资tóuzīto invest
- 资源zīyuánresources
- 物资wùzīgoods
- 资本zīběncapital (money)
- 资产zīchǎnassets
- 资深zīshēnsenior
- 资助zīzhùto sponsor
Learn 资料 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 85: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.