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资料

zī liào · zi liao

Traditional 資料

HSK 4Old HSK 5Measure words: 份 fèn, 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. material
  2. resources
  3. data
  4. information
  5. profile (Internet)
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Last month's material

  1. Dengdeng

    明天(míngtiān)开会(kāihuì)要(yào)用(yòng)的(de)资料(zīliào)，你(nǐ)准备(zhǔnbèi)好(hǎo)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Have you prepared the materials we need for tomorrow's meeting?

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)了(le)，都(dōu)在(zài)这个(zhège)文件夹(wénjiànjiā)里(lǐ)。

    Done. It's all in this folder.

  3. Dengdeng

    资料(zīliào)多(duō)吗(ma)？

    Is there a lot of it?

  4. Liangliang

    有(yǒu)五十页(wǔshíyè)，我(wǒ)还(hái)做(zuò)了(le)图(tú)。

    Fifty pages, and I also made charts.

  5. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)！哎(āi)，这是(zhèshì)上个月(shànggèyuè)的(de)资料(zīliào)。

    Great! Hey, this is last month's material.

  6. Liangliang

    啊(a)！我(wǒ)拿错(nácuò)了(le)，新(xīn)资料(zīliào)在(zài)家里(jiālǐ)。

    Oh! I took the wrong one. The new material is at home.

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2 examples
01

你(nǐ)给(gěi)我(wǒ)的(de)资(zī)料(liào)没(méi)有(yǒu)多(duō)大(dà)的(de)用(yòng)处(chu)。

The information you gave me is of little use.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by kebukebu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

写(xiě)论(lùn)文(wén)前(qián)要(yào)先(xiān)收(shōu)集(jí)足(zú)够(gòu)的(de)资(zī)料(liào)。

Before writing a paper, you should first collect enough materials.

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