Chinese symbol for “plastic”
塑料
sù liào
plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plastic is 塑料 (sù liào), defined as: plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “plastic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塑 | sù | to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material) |
| 塑胶 (塑膠) | sù jiāo | synthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 塑料.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塑造 | sù zào | to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) |
| 雕塑 | diāo sù | a statue; a Buddhist image |
| 塑胶 (塑膠) | sù jiāo | synthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic |
| 塑像 | sù xiàng | to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from |
| 重塑 | chóng sù | to reconstruct (an art object); to remodel |
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 材料 | cái liào | (raw) material; data |
| 原料 | yuán liào | raw material |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plastic”.
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.