材料 (cái liào) — (raw) material; substance used to make something; data; information (for research, study, etc.); (figurative) a person with the potential or natural talent for a certain role
Definition
Material in three senses: physical stuff for making things, data/information for research (overlaps with 资料, but 资料 leans toward documents/profiles), and a figurative 'has the potential to be' (e.g., 当老师的材料).
noun
(raw) materialsubstance used to make somethingdatainformation (for research, study, etc.)(figurative) a person with the potential or natural talent for a certain role
Measure word · 种
Examples
- 材料。Zhè zhǒng cái liào hěn jiē shi.This kind of material is very sturdy.
- 材料。Wǒ shōu jí le hěn duō yán jiū cái liào.I have collected a lot of research material.
- 材料。Tā zhēn shì dāng lǎo shī de cái liào.He really is teacher material.
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