资料

liào

Traditional: 資料

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Translation

data, material, information

Word origin

A compound of 资 (zī, resources, capital) and 料 (liào, material, stuff), so resource material, hence data or reference information.

Origin
compound
Root
资 (zī, resources) + 料 (liào, material)

Stroke order

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Examples

I looked up a lot of material in the library.

Please send me this material.

This set of information is very useful.

He is sorting out the survey data.

Personal data must be kept confidential.

资料 (zī liào) means data, reference material or information gathered for study or work. It is the everyday word for documents, files and background sources.

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This word is part of lesson 29.