香料 (xiāng liào) — cooking spice, flavoring, condiment; perfume, fragrance ingredient
Definition
香料 covers both food spices and perfume ingredients — the raw material itself. Use 调料/作料 for seasonings added while cooking; 香水 is the finished fragrance product, not the ingredient.
noun
cooking spiceflavoringcondimentperfumefragrance ingredient
Measure word · 种
Examples
- 香料，。Chāo shì lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhǒng xiāng liào, nǐ kě yǐ màn màn xuǎn.There are many kinds of spices in the supermarket; you can take your time choosing.
- 香料。Zhè zhǒng xiāng liào shì zhì zuò gāo jí xiāng shuǐ de zhòng yào yuán liào.This fragrance ingredient is an important raw material for making high-end perfume.
- 香料。Gǔ dài rén bǎ xiāng liào dàng zuò zhēn guì de shāng pǐn jìn xíng mào yì.Ancient people traded spices as precious commodities.
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