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颜料 (yán liào): Paint (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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颜料 consists of 2 characters.

face, countenance, appearance

material; ingredient

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Pinyinyán liào

Meaningpaint; pigment

Characters2

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Syntaxnoun

Word颜料

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Example Sentences with 颜料

Tā她

mǎi买

le了

yī一

hé盒

xīn新

de的

shuǐ水

cǎi彩

yán颜

liào料

。

She bought a new box of watercolor paints.

Huà画

jiā家

bǎ把

yán颜

liào料

jǐ挤

zài在

tiáo调

sè色

pán

盘

shàng上

。

The painter squeezed the paint onto the palette.

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颜面yán miàn

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饮料yǐn liàoHSK 3
塑料sù liàoHSK 4
材料cái liàoHSK 4
塑料袋sù liào dàiHSK 4
原料yuán liàoHSK 5
资料zī liàoHSK 5
不料bú liàoHSK 6
意料yì liàoHSK 6