liào = li + ao4
material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess
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How to pronounce 料

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

料 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
dǒu = d + ou3
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
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dǒu = d + ou3
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]
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dòu = d + ou4
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
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dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
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dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
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dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
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= mi + Ø3
rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)
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Characters with 料 as component

料 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 料

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material / resources / data / information / profile (Internet) / CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
drink / beverage
material / data / makings / stuff / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]

Sentences with 料

liào
yāo
hóu
shù
gāo
qiáng

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liào

material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess

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