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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)

油
yóu
oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
HSK 4 8 丶

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
HSK 6
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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
947
Word Frequency Rank
1,567 of 84,292

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