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Data in Chinese

data · HSK 4

资料 zī liào

  1. 资 zī money
  2. 料 liào material

Counted with 份: 一份资料 yí fèn zīliào

我在网上查了很多资料。 I looked up a lot of information online.

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How do you say data in Chinese?

Data in Chinese is 资料 (zī liào). You can also say 数据 (shù jù), 材料 (cái liào), 流量 (liú liàng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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