调料

调料 tiáoliào

Condiment; seasoning; flavoring^†

调料 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體調料 tiaoliao

What 调料 means

Condiment^†
seasoning^†
flavoring^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 调料, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

调料 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

调

diào / tiáo

Transfer (accent - melody); Harmonize (reconcile)

料

liào

Expect (material - feed)

Words that share a character with 调料

How to write 调料

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调料 in a sentence

厨房里的调料都摆在一起。

Chúfáng lǐ de tiáoliào dōu bǎi zài yìqǐ.

The seasonings in the kitchen are all kept together.

这道菜只放了很少的调料。

Zhè dào cài zhǐ fàng le hěn shǎo de tiáoliào.

Very little seasoning went into this dish.

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Questions about 调料

What does 调料 mean in English?

调料 is pronounced tiáoliào and means Condiment, seasoning, flavoring †.

How do you pronounce 调料?

调料 is tiáoliào in pinyin — written tiaoliao without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 调料?

调料 is written with 2 characters: 调 (diào / tiáo) Transfer (accent - melody); Harmonize (reconcile), 料 (liào) Expect (material - feed). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 调料 written in traditional Chinese?

調料. The simplified form 调料 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 調料 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced tiáoliào.

Is 调料 an HSK word?

Yes — 调料 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

调和 tiáohé 调剂 tiáojì 调节 tiáojié 调解 tiáojiě 挑拨 tiǎobō 挑衅 tiǎoxìn 跳跃 tiàoyuè 亭子 tíngzi

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