材料

Japanese

Kanji in this term
材	料

Etymology

From Sinitic 材料.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA: [za̠iɽʲo̞ː]

Noun

材料 (hiragana ざいりょう, romaji zairyō)

1. a concrete material:
   1. ingredients for food
   2. materials for building something, such as furniture
2. abstract material:
   1. data
   2. a subject to write about
   3. news
   4. a factor influencing markets

Derived terms

Derived terms

材料学 (ざいりょうがくm zairyō gaku): material science 材料株 (ざいりょうかぶ, zairyō kabu): an incentive-backed stock 材料強弱学 (ざいりょうきょうじゃくがく, zairyō kyōjaku gaku): material dynamics 材料力学 (ざいりょうりきがく, zairyō rikigaku): material dynamics 材料試験 (ざいりょうしけん, zairyō shiken): materials testing 材料試験機 (ざいりょうしけんき, zairyō shikenki): a materials tester, a material testing machine 材料費 (ざいりょうひ, zairyō hi): the cost of materials

Synonyms

• (raw material): 原料 (げんりょう, genryō)
• (subject, topic): 素材 (そざい, sozai)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
材料

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tsʰai˧˥liau˥˩ ]

• Audio

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Noun

材料 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin cáiliào)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) material; stuff; makings; ingredient

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: