原料 yuánliào▶ materia prima

Stroke order

原料 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 原 — 10 strokes
• 料 — 10 strokes

Related words

• 原则Principio
• 资料datos
• 不料Inesperadamente
• 原先Original
• 原告acusador
• 原因razón

原料 is pronounced yuánliào and means “materia prima”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 原料 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.