油
yóuㄧㄡˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: DU
Traditional: 油
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 2
Meaning(noun)
oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
Examples
这个菜油太多了。
zhè ge cài yóu tài duō le.
This dish is too oily.
锅里先放点儿油。
guō lǐ xiān fàng diǎn ér yóu.
Put some oil in the wok first.
最近油价又涨了。
zuì jìn yóu jià yòu zhǎng le.
Fuel prices have gone up again recently.
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Stroke order
DU · 8 strokes
oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
Related words
- 加油站 jiā yóu zhàn — gas station
- 汽油 qì yóu — gasoline
- 酱油 jiàng yóu — soy sauce
- 油炸 yóu zhá — to deep fry
- 石油 shí yóu — oil; petroleum
- 油漆 yóu qī — oil paints; lacquer; to paint
- 柴油 chái yóu — diesel fuel
- 油腻 yóu nì — greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar