The Chinese word **布料 (bùliào)**, meaning "fabric" or "cloth material," is a compound noun formed through semantic combination. It follows a common **modifier-head** structure in Mandarin, where the first character **布 (bù)**—meaning "cloth" or "to spread"—specifies the general category, and the second character **料 (liào)**—meaning "material" or "stuff"—acts as the head, indicating it is a type of substance. Together, they narrow the meaning from the broad idea of "cloth" to the specific, tangible "material made of cloth," effectively creating a precise term for woven textile material through the logical pairing of two meaningful morphemes.