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油

yóu

HSK 4 Character

What 油 means

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

Example sentences

• 加油！
  Jiāyóu!
  Go!
• 没汽油了。
  Méi qìyóu le.
  We ran out of gas.
• 考试加油！
  Kǎoshì jiāyóu!
  Good luck on your test.
• 撒油那啦！
  Sayonara!
• 燃油表坏了。
  Rányóu biǎo huàile.
  The fuel gauge is broken.
• 油墨快没了。
  Yóumò kuài méile.
  The ink is almost empty.

Words starting with 油

• 油炸yóu zháto deep fry
• 油漆yóu qīoil paints; lacquer; to paint
• 油腻yóu nìgreasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty…
• 油画yóu huàoil painting
• 油价yóu jiàoil (petroleum) price
• 油门yóu ménaccelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle
• 油条yóu tiáoyoutiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person
• 油耗yóu hàofuel consumption
• 油然而生yóu rán ér shēngarising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous; to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
• 油灯yóu dēngoil lamp
• 油脂yóu zhīgrease; oil; fat
• 油水yóu shuǐgrease; profit; ill-gotten gains
• 油锅yóu guōa deep fryer
• 油田yóu tiánoil field
• 油墨yóu mòprinting ink
• 油箱yóu xiāngfuel tank
• 油菜yóu càioilseed rape (Brassica napus); rape greens; leafy greens of certain Brassica species…
• 油印yóu yìnto mimeograph
• 油饼yóu bǐngdeep-fried doughcake; oilcake (animal fodder)
• 油菜花yóu cài huārapeseed flower; canola flower
• 油污yóu wūgreasy dirt; sludge (from an oil spill)
• 油光yóu guāngglossy; gleaming; shiny (due to greasiness)
• 油气yóu qìoil and gas
• 油井yóu jǐngoil well

Words containing 油

• 加油站jiā yóu zhàngas station
• 汽油qì yóugasoline
• 酱油jiàng yóusoy sauce
• 石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
• 柴油chái yóudiesel fuel
• 加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas…
• 奶油nǎi yóucream; butter; (colloquial) effeminate
• 燃油rán yóufuel oil
• 原油yuán yóucrude oil
• 黄油huáng yóubutter
• 香油xiāng yóusesame oil; perfumed oil
• 柏油路bǎi yóu lùtarred road; asphalt road
• 机油jī yóuengine oil
• 猪油zhū yóulard
• 润滑油rùn huá yóulubricating oil
• 绿油油lǜ yóu yóulush green; verdant
• 柏油bǎi yóuasphalt; tar; pitch
• 酥油茶sū yóu chábutter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk)
• 酥油sū yóubutter
• 柴米油盐chái mǐ yóu yán(lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom); (fig.) life's daily necessities
• 煤油méi yóukerosene
• 指甲油zhǐ jia yóunail polish
• 橄榄油gǎn lǎn yóuolive oil
• 牛油niú yóubutter; beef tallow

Characters built on 由

These share the phonetic component 由 (yóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 轴zhóuaxis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel

Characters that look like 油

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 法fǎlaw; method; way
• 独dúalone; independent; single
• 泄xiè(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 浊zhuóturbid; muddy; impure
• 沽gūto buy; to sell
• 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch

Sounds the same

Read yóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 由to follow; from; because of; due to
• 游to swim; variant of 游
• 邮post (office); mail
• 尤outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault
• 犹as if; (just) like; just as
• 疣nodule; wart
• 铀uranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 猷to plan; to scheme
• 鱿(bound form) squid
• 蝣used in 蜉蝣
• 楢Quercus glandulifera
• 逌distant; joyous; satisfied