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材料
Traditional Chinese
材料
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
cái liào
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
choi4 liu6*2
Short definition data
Usage frequency Very common
Chinese synonyms Chinese Gratis iconChinese tools icon (Click icons, results will appear below)
 
All available English definitions materialCdict iconMDBG iconAdso icon / makingsCdict iconMDBG icon / stuffCdict iconMDBG icon / dataCdict iconMDBG icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: material
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: material; data; makings; stuff; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: material; data; makings; stuff; materials
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: material; data; makings; stuff'
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(tā) she
(wèi) for
一本书( yī běn shū)
收集(shōu jí) to gather
材料(cái liào) data

She's collecting material for a book.

(yòng) hence
(yōu) excellent
(zhì) plain
材料(cái liào) data
做的(zuòde)
家具(jiā jù) furniture
(mài) to sell
得很(dehěn) very (much, good etc)
(hǎo hàohào) so

Furniture made of good materials sells well.

那些(nà xiē) those
材料(cái liào) data
都是(dōushì) all
可回收(kě huí shōu) recyclable
(qiě) yet
(kě) can
再利用(zài lì yòng) to reuse
(dedì) of

These materials are all reusable and recyclable.

(zhè) these
(wài) outside
(tào) sheath
是什么
材料(cái liào) data
(zuò) to be
(dedì) of

What stuff is this jacket made of?

今天(jīn tiān) today
我要(wǒyào)
(qù) to get rid of
买些( mǎi xiē)
材料(cái liào) data

I'm going to go buy some materials today.

(wǒ) I
还没有(háiméiyǒu)
收集(shōu jí) to gather
(dào) to go
足够的( zú gòu de) enow
材料(cái liào) data
来写( lái xiě)
一本书( yī běn shū)

I have not yet collected sufficient materials to write a book.

我们( men) us
(bà) stem
所有的(suǒ yǒu de) all
材料(cái liào) data
放在(fàng zài) to place at
一起(yī qǐ yì qǐ) one

We got all the materials together.

我们( men) us
(cóngcóng) from
马来西亚(mǎ lái xī yà) Malaysia
得到(dé dào) to get
材料(cái liào) data

We get the materials from Malaysia.

(wǒ) I
(piān) oblique
(ài) to like
繁体字(fán tǐ zì) traditional characters
因为有(yīnwèiyǒu)
大量的(dàliàng) a large amount of
简体字(jiǎn tǐ zì) simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字繁体字fan2 ti3 zi4
(dedì) of
阅读(yuè dú) to read
材料(cái liào) data
我也(wǒyě)
认识(rèn shi) to know
很多(hěn duō) very many
简体字(jiǎn tǐ zì) simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字繁体字fan2 ti3 zi4

I prefer traditional characters. Due to the abundance of reading materials in simplified characters, I can recognize many of them too.

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