how to write liao(material) in chinese

料

pinyinliào
radicals斗Stroke count10
eanglish meaningmaterial; stuff; feed; fodder; expect; predict; anticipate; unit of calculating timber

Stroke order of the Chinese character "料" (liao)

Handwriting

n. （材料; 原料） material; stuff:

1. 颜料
dye stuff;

2. 燃料
fuel;

3. 木料
timber; lumber

n. （喂牲口用的谷物）feed; fodder:

1. 草料
forage; fodder;

2. 猪饲料
pig feed

n. （料器） glassware:

1. 料货
synthetic jade or glass

n. （素质; 内在因素） makings; stuff:

1. 是个作家的料
have the makings of a writer;

2. 他不是当医生的料。
He hasn't got the makings of a doctor.

3. 他这块料，干不了大事儿。
A person like him can't do anything big.

v. （预料; 料想） expect; predict; anticipate:

1. 不出所料
as was expected;

2. 难以预料
hard to predict

量（用于中医配制丸药）:

1. 一料药方
one prescription

量（用于计算木材的单位，两端截面是1（平）方尺，长足7尺的木材叫一料） unit of calculating timber, 1⁲ × 7 chi