食材

shícái
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (food) ingredients
  2. 2 foodstuffs

Examples

HSK 3
Zuòfàn yǐqián, xiān bǎ shícái zhǔnbèi hǎo.
Before you start cooking, get the ingredients ready.
HSK 6
Zhè jiā cāntīng de shícái dōu shì dàngtiān cóng shìchǎng mǎi lái de.
All the ingredients at this restaurant are bought at the market the same day.

Tips

usage
食材 are the raw foods you cook with. 配料 are the ingredients listed on a package or the extras that go into a dish, and 原料 are raw materials in general, including for factories.

Stroke Order

食 shí
材 cái