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title: "Yuancailiao Meaning: 原材料 (yuáncáiliào) Means “raw materials”"
description: "原材料 (yuáncáiliào) means “raw materials”. Hear its tones and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/yuancailiao"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# What does 原材料 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

原材料 yuáncáiliào

## raw materials

## Its characters

1. 原 yuán raw

## In a sentence

最近原材料的价格涨了不少。 The price of raw materials has gone up a lot recently.

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## More words with 原 or 材 or 料

- [不料 bùliào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buliao)
- [材料 cáiliào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/cailiao)
- [材质 cáizhì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/caizhi)
- [草原 cǎoyuán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/caoyuan)
- [高原 gāoyuán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gaoyuan)
- [棺材 guāncai](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/guancai)
- [还原 huányuán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huanyuan)
- [教材 jiàocái](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiaocai)
- [料理 liàolǐ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/liaoli)
- [木材 mùcái](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/mucai)

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