料

liào

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料 — liào

1. material; stuff; ingredients

   做这个菜的料都准备好了。 zuò zhège cài de liào dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo le — All the ingredients for this dish are ready.

2. grain; cereals; fodder; feed (for animals)

   农民把新收的料装进了仓库。 nóngmín bǎ xīn shōu de liào zhuāngjìn le cāngkù — The farmers stored the newly harvested grain in the granary.

3. to expect; to anticipate

   我料他会迟到，所以先去了。 wǒ liào tā huì chídào suǒyǐ xiānqù le — I expected him to be late, so I went ahead.

4. to guess; to suppose

   我料不出他为什么这么做。 wǒ liào bùchū tā wèishénme zhème zuò — I can't guess why he did that.