Definition & Meaning

raw and processed materials; semi-finished/processed materials

Word usage

yuán cái liào

原 材 料

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n.raw and processed materials; semi-finished/processed materials
- yuán cái liào gōng yè
  原材料工业
  raw and semi-finished materials industries
- jié yuē yuán cái liào
  节约原材料
  economize on the raw and processed materials
- yīng guó de yuán cái liào yán zhòng yī lài jìn kǒu
  英国的原材料严重依赖进口。
  Britain is heavily dependent on imports for its raw materials.
- jiàng dī yuán cái liào de chéng běn
  降低原材料的成本
  to cheapen the cost of raw materials
- nà nián de hǎo shōu cheng shǐ yī xiē yuán cái liào de chéng běn yǒu suǒ jiàng dī
  那年的好收成使一些原材料的成本有所降低。
  The good harvest that year cheapened the costs of some raw materials.

Word usage

common measure word
"原材料" is often matched with measure word "种"or"批"or"堆".
- 一种原材料
  one kind of raw material
- 一批原材料
  one batch of raw materials
- 一堆原材料
  one pile of raw materials

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