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Chinese symbol for “condiment”

调料
tiáo liào
Traditional: 調料
condiment; seasoning; flavoring

The closest CC-CEDICT match for condiment is 调料 (tiáo liào), defined as: condiment; seasoning; flavoring.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

调 tiáo
tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes
料 liào
ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess
radical 68 ⽃ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “condiment”

WordPinyinMeaning
香料xiāng liàospice; flavoring
调味 (調味)tiáo wèiseasoning; condiment
调味料 (調味料)tiáo wèi liàoseasoning; condiment
香精xiāng jīngseasoning; condiment

Related words

Other words that share a character with 调料.

WordPinyinMeaning
调查 (調查)diào cháinvestigation; inquiry
强调 (強調)qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress
调整 (調整)tiáo zhěngto adjust; to revise; to reorganize
协调 (協調)xié tiáoto coordinate; to harmonize
调节 (調節)tiáo jiéto adjust; to regulate
空调 (空調)kōng tiáoair conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
资料 (資料)zī liàomaterial; resources
材料cái liào(raw) material; data

See also: Japanese symbol for “condiment”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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