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资料

资料 (zī liào): Means (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 2.0Level 5

HSK 3.0Level 4

1.

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2.

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3.

Character Breakdown

资 • zī • capital, resources, money

zī资

capital, resources, money

Word Info

Pinyinzī liào

Meaningmeans; resources; materials

Characters2

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料 • liào • material; ingredient

liào料

material; ingredient

HSK 5 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 资料.

处理chǔ lǐto handle; deal with; manage
采访cǎi fǎngto interview
不耐烦bú nài fánimpatient
抱怨bào yuàncomplain; grumble
抽屉chōu tidrawer
承受chéng shòuto bear; support; to endure; inherit
胆小鬼dǎn xiǎo guǐcoward
包括bāo kuòinclude
爱惜ài xīvalue; cherish; treasure
不断bú duànceaseless; uninterrupted; continual continuous; unceasing
从事cóng shìgo in for; devote oneself to; be to engaged in [formal]
充分chōng fènfull; ample

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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 资料.

Words with 资

工资gōng zīwage; salary
投资tóu zīinvest
资格zī géqualification; seniority
资源

zī yuán

(natural) resources

资金zī jīnfund

物资wù zīgoods and materials

资产zī chǎnproperty; means; capital

资助zī zhùaid financially; subsidise

Words with 料

饮料yǐn liàodrink
塑料sù liàoplastics
材料cái liàomaterial
塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag
原料yuán liàoraw material; crude material
不料bú liàounexpectedly; to one's surprise
意料yì liàoexpect; anticipate
燃料rán liàofuel

4.

How to Use 资料 in Sentences

Verb + Object

zhěng整

lǐ理

zī资

liào料

neutral

organize materials/data

shōu收

jí集

zī资

liào料

neutral

collect materials/data

Subject + Predicatewith齐全

zī资

liào料

qí齐

quán全

Measure Word + Nounwith份

yī一

fèn份

zī资

liào料

Adjective + Nounwith参考

cān参

kǎo考

zī资

liào料

5.

Example Sentences with 资料

wǒ我

xū需

yào要

gèng更

duō多

zī资

neutral

complete materials/data

neutral

a piece of material/data

formal

reference materials

liào

料

lái来

wán完

chéng成

zhè这

fèn份

bào报

gào告

。

I need more materials to complete this report.

nǐ你

néng能

bāng帮

wǒ我

zhěng整

lǐ理

yí一

xià下

zhè这

xiē些

líng零

sǎn散

de的

zī资

liào料

ma吗

？

Can you help me organize these scattered materials?

wǒ我

xū需

yào要

yī一

xiē些

zī资

liào料

lái来

wán完

chéng成

zhè这

ge个

bào报

gào告

。

I need some materials to complete this report.

yóu由

yú于

quē缺

fá乏

guān关

jiàn键

zī资

liào料

，

wǒ我

men们

de的

xiàng项

mù目

jìn进

zhǎn展

shòu受

dào到

le了

yǐng影

xiǎng响

。

Due to a lack of key materials, the progress of our project has been affected.

wǒ我

shōu收

jí集

le了

hěn很

duō多

lǚ旅

xíng行

zī资

liào料

，

zhǔn准

bèi备

xià下

zhōu周

chū出

fā发

。

I've collected a lot of travel resources and am planning to depart next week.