史料

shǐliào

noun #50,528

Meanings

1 historical materials
2 historical sources
3 historical data

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

他花了十年整理这些史料。

Tā huā le shínián zhěnglǐ zhèxiē shǐliào.

He spent ten years organizing these historical materials.

HSK 7-9

新出土的文物是珍贵的史料。

Xīn chūtǔ de wénwù shì zhēnguì de shǐliào.

The newly excavated artifacts are precious historical sources.

HSK 7-9

史料不足，这段历史难以还原。

Shǐliào bùzú, zhè duàn lìshǐ nányǐ huányuán.

With insufficient sources, this period of history is hard to reconstruct.

Tips

usage

Covers any raw material for historical study: documents, artifacts, inscriptions, memoirs. Compare with 史书 (history books, the finished narrative) and 史学 (historical scholarship).

Stroke Order

史 shǐ

料 liào