How to Say ‘Documents’ in Simplified Chinese
材料
cái liào
[cáiliào]
💬 Usage Tip: 材料 (cái liào) literally means "materials". In offices it means the whole stack of required paperwork, such as forms, photos and copies.
Phrase Breakdown
材料
cái liào
[cáiliào]
documents; materials
Papers required for an application, or raw materials in general.
你的材料不够。
Your documents are incomplete.
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