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衣料 (yī liào) — material for clothing, fabric

Definition

noun
material for clothingfabric
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 衣料。
    Zuó tiān wǒ zài shāng chǎng mǎi le yì xiē yī liào.
    Yesterday I bought some fabric at the mall.
  • 衣料。
    Zhè zhǒng yī liào de zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
    This type of fabric is of good quality.
  • 衣料？
    Zuò yí jiàn yī fu xū yào duō shǎo yī liào?
    How much fabric is needed to make a garment?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

衣yīclothing
料liàomaterial

The clothing idea and material idea combine to mean fabric used for clothing.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 衣 comes from an outline of the chest and upper clothing.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

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Appears in
Clothing

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