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油腻

yóu nì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 油膩

油腻 (yóu nì) means "greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 油腻 means

1. greasy food; oily food
2. (of food) greasy; oily; fatty
3. (neologism, attested by 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar

The characters in 油腻

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 腻nìgreasy; soft; unctuous

Example sentences

• 我不喜欢油腻的饮食。
  I don't like a fat diet.

Where 油腻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yòu–yǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yóu nì correctly.
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