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石油

shí yóu

HSK 6 2-character word

What 石油 means

1. oil
2. petroleum

The characters in 石油

• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
• 油yóuoil; fat; grease

Example sentences

• 该国盛产石油。
  Gāi guó shèngchǎn shíyóu.
  That country abounds in oil.
• 石油被油船运输。
  Shíyóu bèi yóuchuán yùnshū.
  Oil is transported by tanker.
• 阿拉伯盛产石油。
  ālābó shèngchǎn shíyóu.
  Arabia abounds in oil.
• 我们国家不缺石油。
  We are not short of oil in this country.
• 这水被石油污染了。
  This water was polluted by oil.
• 日本的石油依靠进口。
  Japan depends on other countries for oil.

Words starting with 石油

• 石油化学shí yóu huà xuépetrochemistry
• 石油蜡shí yóu làpetroleum wax
• 石油醚shí yóu mípetroleum ether
• 石油输出国组织Shí yóu Shū chū guó Zǔ zhīOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Words containing 石油

• 合成石油hé chéng shí yóusynthetic oil
• 英国石油Yīng guó shí yóuBritish Petroleum, BP
• 轻质石油qīng zhì shí yóulight petroleum (product); gasoline and diesel oil
• 英国石油公司Yīng guó shí yóu gōng sīBritish Petroleum, BP
• 轻质石油产品qīng zhì shí yóu chǎn pǐnlight petroleum product (i.e. gasoline and diesel oil)
• 液化石油气yè huà shí yóu qìliquefied petroleum gas
• 中国海洋石油总公司Zhōng guó Hǎi yáng Shí yóu Zǒng gōng sīCNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation
• 中国石油和化学工业协会Zhōng guó Shí yóu hé Huà xué Gōng yè Xié huìChina Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)
• 中国石油天然气集团公司Zhōng guó Shí yóu Tiān rán qì Jí tuán Gōng sīChina National Petroleum Corporation
• 雪佛龙石油公司Xuě fó lóng Shí yóu Gōng sīChevron Corporation

Sounds the same

Read shí yóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 食油cooking oil