yóu

oil; petroleum; oily

HSK 4 #948

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 948th character
Radical ⽔ (85.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 1248

Definitions

油 yóu
  1. 1. oil
  2. 2. petroleum
  3. 3. oily
  4. 4. greasy
  5. 5. grease
  6. 6. fat
  7. 7. glib
  8. 8. cunning
  9. 9. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish

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Words containing 油

Word Meaning
oil painting
Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979)
oil sand (mining)
oil tanker truck; fuel tanker
oil tanker truck; fuel tanker
glib-tongued
glib-tongued
oily; rich (of food); fatty
grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid
rapeseed; oilseed rape (Brassica campestris); coleseed
meat foods
meat foods
tanker (ship)
a deep fryer
a deep fryer
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle
a variety of chicken
a variety of chicken
waterproof shoes; oiled shoes (for wet weather)
oil shale
oil shale
deep-fried doughcake; oilcake (animal fodder)
(fig.) the trivia of everyday life
naked oat (old)
naked oat (old)