料

liào · liao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. material
  2. stuff
  3. grain
  4. feed
  5. to expect
  6. to anticipate
  7. to guess

In a sentence

2 examples
01

做(zuò)蛋(dàn)糕(gāo)需(xū)要(yào)准(zhǔn)备(bèi)好(hǎo)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)的(de)材(cái)料(liào)和(hé)工(gōng)具(jù)。

To make a cake, you need to prepare all the ingredients and tools.

02

我(wǒ)早(zǎo)就(jiù)料(liào)到(dào)他(tā)会(huì)迟(chí)到(dào),所(suǒ)以(yǐ)并(bìng)不(bù)着(zháo)急(jí)。

I had long anticipated that he would be late, so I wasn't worried.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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