Chinese

Noun

材料

1. material; stuff; makings; ingredient

   材料加工工程  ―  cáiliào jiāgōng gōngchéng  ―  material processing engineering

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 材料 ‎(dzoj lew^H, literally “materials + ingredients”). Compare modern Mandarin reading cáiliào.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) ざいりょ​う [zàíryóꜜò] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [za̠irjo̞ː]

Noun

材料 ‎(hiragana ざいりょう, romaji zairyō)

1. a concrete material:
   1. ingredients for food
   2. materials for building something, such as furniture
2. abstract material:
   1. data
   2. a subject to write about
   3. news
   4. a factor influencing markets

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (raw material): 原料 (げんりょう) ‎(genryō)
• (subject, topic): 素材 (そざい) ‎(sozai)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0