# 料子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liàozi
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^{6-2}$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lieu$^5$ zi
* Jin (Wiktionary): liau$^3$ zeh
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liàozi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liàozi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: lyàu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw.tzy
*** Palladius: ляоцзы (ljaoczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^{6-2}$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: líu jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^{6-2}$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^{6-2}$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²²⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lieu$^5$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /liɛu¹¹ t͡sz̩¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: liau$^3$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liau⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/

### Noun

料子
* material for making clothes
* woollen fabric
* (figurative) material (person or thing suited for a certain purpose); makings
* (regional, slang) heroin (powerful and addictive drug)

#### Synonyms

* (woollen fabric):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 呢子, 毛呢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 呢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 呢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 呢子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 料子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 呢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 呢子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 呢子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 呢子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 呢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 呢子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 呢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 呢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 呢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 呢 |
* (material; makings): 料 (liào)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 海洛因, 海洛英 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 白麵兒, 老海 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 海洛因, 白粉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 白粉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 白麵兒, 老海 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 白麵兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 白麵兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 白粉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 白粉, 粉藥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 白粉, 粉藥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 白粉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 白麵子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 白粉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 白粉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 白粉 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 白粉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 海洛英 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 白粉 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 白粉 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 白粉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 海洛因 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 海洛因 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 海洛因 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 海洛因 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 海洛因 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 海洛因 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 白粉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 料子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 料子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 海洛因 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 白粉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 白粉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 白粉 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 白粉 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 白粉 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 下洛因 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 白粉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 白粉, 白麵 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 白粉 |

#### Derived terms

* 料子鬼