# 素材 (sùcái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 素材 (sùcái) means “source material (for art)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: source material (for art)
- Pinyin: sùcái (su4 cai2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 生活为写作提供了丰富素材。
  Shēnghuó wèi xiězuò tígōngle fēngfù sùcái.
  Daily life provides rich material for writing.

## Characters

- [素](https://hanziro.com/word/su-plain/) (sù): plain; vegetarian
- 材 (cái): material; timber

https://hanziro.com/word/su-cai-source-material/

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