油 (jau4 jau4*2 | you2 you4) : oil; grease; fat

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油

jau4 jau4*2

you2 you4

[1] a general name for oil; fat; grease (either animal or vegetable) [2] [粵拼: jau4*2] anything in liquid form which is inflammable (petroleum, gasoline, etc.) [3] [v] oil [4] [v] varnish; paint [5] greasy [6] polished and over-experienced; sly; sleeky [7] luxuriant; prospering; flourishing

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

油

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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石油 sek6 jau4 shi2 you2 = petroleum

牛油 ngau4 jau4 niu2 you2 = butter 粵

豉油 si6 jau4/4*2 = soya sauce; soy sauce 粵

白油 baak6 jau4*2 = soya sauce; soy sauce 粵

醬油 zoeng3 jau4 jiang4 you2 = soya sauce; soy sauce 國

人造牛油 jan4 zou6 ngau4 jau4 = margarine 粵

入油 jap6 jau4*2 = to refuel 粵

加油 gaa1 jau4*2 jia1 you2 = to refuel; a phrase used to encourage

鞋油 haai4 jau4*2 = shoe polish

汽油 hei3 jau4 qi4 you2 = petrol (UK); gasoline, gas (US) 國
See all 214 compounds (CantoDict reports 216 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 油

係唔係用花生油煮嘅? 粵
Is this cooked in peanut oil?

你想入幾多油啊？粵
How much gas (petrol) do you want to put in?

水同油係溝唔埋嘅。粵
Water and oil cannnot be mixed together.

結賬嗰陣時，計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘，七除八扣，唔賺得幾多咋粵
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.

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Decimal representation of this word: 油
Unicode code for this character: U+6cb9 (off-site link)

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