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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “condiment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 香料 | xiāng liào | spice; flavoring |
| 调味 (調味) | tiáo wèi | seasoning; condiment |
| 调味料 (調味料) | tiáo wèi liào | seasoning; condiment |
| 香精 | xiāng jīng | seasoning; condiment |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调料.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust; to revise; to reorganize |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 空调 (空調) | kōng tiáo | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; 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.