HSK 5 · Work

资料 zīliào “material” in Chinese

Traditional 資料

What 资料 means

  1. material
  2. resources
  3. data
  4. information
  5. profile (Internet)

Measure word 份 fèn or 个 gè · 一份资料 yí fèn zīliào

How to say 资料

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale资zī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale料liào4th tone, falling

资料 in a sentence

  1. 关于这种方言的资料很少。

    Guānyú zhè zhǒng fāngyán de zīliào hěn shǎo.

    There is little information about this dialect.

    Sentence #9991964 from Tatoeba

  2. 你给我的资料没有多大的用处。

    Nǐ gěi wǒ de zīliào méiyǒu duō dà de yòngchu.

    The information you gave me isn’t much use.

    Sentence #760730 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你要先输入好个人资料，然后才能买票。

    Nǐ yào xiān shūrù hǎo gèrén zīliào, ránhòu cái néng mǎi piào.

    You need to enter your personal details before you can buy a ticket.

    Sentence #373401 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 资料 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 资 (zī) with each of its parts in a different colour
资zīresources
  • 次order · cìSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 次 (cì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zī.

The character 料 (liào) with each of its parts in a different colour
料liàomaterial
  • 米rice · mǐ
  • 斗dipper · dǒu

Memory aidRice 米 measured with a dipper 斗: material, to estimate.

How to write 资料

资 10 strokes · 料 10 strokes

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资料 (zīliào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 资料 (zīliào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 资料

Words with 资

工资gōngzī · wages资格zīgé · qualifications投资tóuzī · investment资金zījīn · funds资源zīyuán · resources资深zīshēn · senior物资wùzī · goods and materials资本zīběn · capital (economics)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund

Words with 料

饮料yǐnliào · beverage材料cáiliào · (raw) material塑料袋sùliàodài · plastic bag原料yuánliào · raw material调料tiáoliào · seasoning意料yìliào · expectation预料yùliào · to expect不料búliào · unexpectedly

More words: Work & Career

中介zhōngjiè · agency专家zhuānjiā · expert主任zhǔrèn · director资格zīgé · qualifications总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)罢工bàgōng · to go on strike把关bǎguān · to check (quality)报酬bàochou · pay

FAQs

资料 (zīliào) means “material” or “resources”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zīliào: zī with a 1st tone, then liào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 资料 is written 資料. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 份 (fèn) or 个 (gè). For example, one material is 一份资料 (yí fèn zīliào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ziliao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 资料 from the suggestions. Typing ziliao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
资料 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.