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油条

yóu tiáo

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 油條 Measure word 根

油条 (yóu tiáo) means "youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 油条 means

1. youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
2. slick and sly person

The characters in 油条

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 条tiáostrip; item; article

Example sentences

• 我时间有点来不及，只能出门买大饼油条。
  Wǒ shíjiān yǒudiǎn láibují, zhǐnéng chūmén mǎi dàbǐng yóutiáo.
  I'm running a little short on time, so I can only go out and buy flat bread and bread sticks.

Words containing 油条

• 老油条lǎo yóu tiáoold fox; slick customer

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