材料

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Chinese

material
 
material; stuff; grain
material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (材料) 材 料
simp. #(材料) 材 料

Pronunciation

Noun

材料

  1. material; stuff; ingredient
    材料加工工程  ―  cáiliào jiāgōng gōngchéng  ―  material processing engineering
    植物材料  ―  zhíwù cáiliào  ―  plant material
  2. data
  3. reference material; document; documentation; information; source
    需提供材料  ―  xū tígōng cáiliào  ―  supporting documentation
    一手材料  ―  yīshǒu cáiliào  ―  firsthand information; primary source
    這些材料有水分，不真實。 [MSC, trad.]
    这些材料有水分，不真实。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè xiē cáiliào yǒu shuǐfèn, bù zhēnshí.
    These sources are not genuine as they contain exaggerations.
  4. (figurative) makings; material (person of a specified quality)

Synonyms

  • (makings):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “makings”):

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
材 料
ざい
Grade: 4 		りょう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 材料 (dzoj lewH, literally “materials + ingredients”). Compare modern Mandarin reading cáiliào.

Pronunciation

Noun

材(ざい)料(りょう) • (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

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References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
材料

Noun

材料 • (jaeryo) (hangeul 재료)

  1. Hanja form? of 재료 (“material; ingredient”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
材料

Noun

材料

  1. chữ Hán form of tài liệu (“document”).
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