HSK 5 · Objects

原料 yuánliào “raw material” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 原料 means

  1. raw material

How to say 原料

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale原yuán2nd 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

原料 in a sentence

  1. 塑料代替了许多传统的原料。

    Sùliào dàitì le xǔduō chuántǒng de yuánliào.

    Plastics have replaced many traditional materials.

    Sentence #336863 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 日本依赖进口原料。

    Rìběn yīlài jìnkǒu yuánliào.

    Japan relies on imported raw materials.

    Sentence #798172 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 日本从国外进口各种原料。

    Rìběn cóng guówài jìnkǒu gèzhǒng yuánliào.

    Japan imports various raw materials from abroad.

    Sentence #797051 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 原料 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 原 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
原yuánformer
  • 厂cliff · hǎnMeaning part
  • 泉spring · quánSound part

厂 hints at the meaning (cliff); 泉 (quán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

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 原料

原 10 strokes · 料 10 strokes

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

Words related to 原料

Words with 原

原谅yuánliàng · to excuse原因yuányīn · cause原来yuánlái · original原则yuánzé · principle原先yuánxiān · originally平原píngyuán · plain还原huányuán · to restore原始yuánshǐ · original原告yuángào · plaintiff原理yuánlǐ · principle

Words with 料

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

More words: Objects & Materials

玩具wánjù · plaything文具wénjù · stationery (pens亿yì · 100 million银yín · silver磅bàng · pound (weight)包袱bāofu · burden包装bāozhuāng · packaging把手bǎshou · handle

FAQs

原料 (yuánliào) means “raw material”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yuánliào: yuán 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.
Yes. 原料 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuanliao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 原料 from the suggestions. Typing yuanliao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
原料 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.