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油
yóu
1.
oil
2.
fat
3.
grease
4.
petroleum
5.
to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
6.
oily
7.
greasy
8.
glib
9.
cunning
Very Common • Top 2%
✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
中油
Zhòngyóu
CNPC, China National Petroleum Corporation (abbr.)
加油
jiāyóu
to add oil
原油
yuányóu
crude oil
吃油
chīyóu
(of food) to absorb oil
含油
hányóu
containing oil
涂油
túyóu
to grease
奶油
nǎiyóu
cream
抹油
mǒyóu
to anoint
采油
cǎiyóu
oil extraction
推油
tuīyóu
oil massage
揩油
kāiyóu
to take advantage of sb
擦油
cāyóu
to oil
板油
bǎnyóu
leaf fat
柏油
bǎiyóu
asphalt
柴油
cháiyóu
diesel fuel
桐油
tóngyóu
tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
椰油
yēyóu
palm oil
榨油
zhàyóu
to extract oil from vegetables
机油
jīyóu
engine oil
江油
Jiāngyóu
Jiangyou prefecture level city in Mianyang [[綿陽|绵阳<Miányáng>]], north Sichuan
Example Sentences (3)
好，那我就放心了，别开着开着没油了。你去北京的航班是几点的？时间来得及吗？
Hǎo, nà wǒ jiù fàngxīn le, bié kāi zhe kāi zhe méi yóu le. Nǐ qù Běijīng de hángbān shì jǐ diǎn de? Shíjiān lái de jí ma?
Okay, then I'm relieved. Don't run out of gas while you're driving. What time is your flight to Beijing? Is there enough time?
Text 1
那个时间路上堵车多严重啊！你还是坐地铁去机场吧。这样不仅省油钱，而且还不会污染空气。
Nàge shíjiān lùshàng dǔchē duō yánzhòng a! Nǐ háishì zuò dìtiě qù jīchǎng ba. Zhèyàng bùjǐn shěng yóuqián, érqiě hái búhuì wūrǎn kōngqì.
The traffic on the road is really bad at that time! You'd better take the subway to the airport. This way not only saves gas money, but also won't pollute the air.
Text 1
刚才我还有点儿担心来不及呢。一会儿加完油，往西走五百米就能上高速公路。走高速公路大约半个小时就到了。
Gāngcái wǒ hái yǒudiǎnr dānxīn láibùjí ne. Yíhuìr jiā wán yóu, wǎng xī zǒu wǔbǎi mǐ jiù néng shàng gāosù gōnglù. Zǒu gāosù gōnglù dàyuē bàn gè xiǎoshí jiù dào le.
Just now I was still a little worried we wouldn't make it. After we finish refueling in a bit, go west for five hundred meters and we can get on the expressway. Taking the expressway, we'll get there in about half an hour.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 947
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,567 of 84,292