油 yóu — oil; fat; grease
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Level 1 · Common HSK 4 #1248
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Basic definition
adjective
- oily; slick; unctuous e.g 油滑
Detailed explanation
noun
- (形声。从水,由声。本义:油水)
- You River
- 古水名。也作“繇”。发源于湖北五峰县界,东流经松滋县界,至公安县西南油口注入长江。今其上游汇入松滋河,南流注入澧水,下游为荆江分洪区,故址已不复存在
- oil e.g 油尽灯枯 · 油盏 · 油海 · 油火虫虫
verb
- apply tung oil or paint e.g 油窗户 · 油抹 · 油壁香车 · 油搭扇 · 油衣 · 油鬏髻
adjective
- oily;glib e.g 油嘴贫舌 · 油花和尚
- glossy;shiny e.g 油光可鉴 · 油光光 · 油光晶亮 · 油晃晃,油幌幌 · 油浸浸
- amiable and respectful e.g 油如 · 油翼
- flowing e.g 油气
Related words
- 石油 petroleum
- 原油 crude oil
- 油田 oil field
- 油画 oil painting
- 汽油 gasoline; petrol
- 加油站 gas station
- 油菜 rapeseed; the rape plant
- 柴油 diesel fuel
- 加油 to refuel; to cheer on
- 粮油 grain and edible oil
- 油灯 oil lamp
- 油漆 paint; varnish
- 酱油 soy sauce; soya; shoyu; soy; Chinese soy sauce; liquid condiment; seasoned soy
- 燃油 fuel oil
- 油料 oil producer/vegetable material that can be pressed to extract oil
- 炼油 to refine oil
- 油脂 oil; fat
- 油条 fried dough stick
- 煤油灯 a kerosene lamp
- 柏油路 an asphalt road