HSK 6 · Food

调料 tiáoliào “seasoning” in Chinese

Traditional 調料

What 调料 means

  1. seasoning
  2. condiment
  3. flavouring

How to say 调料

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale调tiáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale料liào4th tone, falling

调料 in a sentence

  1. 做这道菜需要很多调料。

    Zuò zhè dào cài xūyào hěn duō tiáoliào.

    You need a lot of seasonings to make this dish.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 厨房里的调料快用完了。

    Chúfáng lǐ de tiáoliào kuài yòngwán le.

    We’re nearly out of seasonings in the kitchen.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 调料 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 调 (tiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
调tiáoto harmonise
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 周Zhou dynasty · zhōuSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 周 (zhōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with tiáo.

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 调料

调 10 strokes · 料 10 strokes

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

Words related to 调料

Words with 调

空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning调查diàochá · investigation强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)调整tiáozhěng · to adjust单调dāndiào · monotonous调皮tiáopí · naughty声调shēngdiào · tone (of a syllable)调和tiáohé · to reconcile调剂tiáojì · to adjust调节tiáojié · to adjust

Words with 料

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

More words: Food & Dining

品尝pǐncháng · to taste清真qīngzhēn · halal涮火锅shuànhuǒguō · to eat hotpot素食sùshí · vegetarian food馅儿xiànr · filling腥xīng · fishy (smell or taste)酗酒xùjiǔ · to drink heavily饮食yǐnshí · diet

FAQs

调料 (tiáoliào) means “seasoning” or “condiment”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tiáoliào: tiáo with a 2nd 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, 调料 is written 調料. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiaoliao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 调料 from the suggestions. Typing tiaoliao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
调料 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.