油 (yóu) — oil; fat; petroleum
Definition
油 (yóu) means oil or fat for cooking and food. Don't confuse it with 胖 or 肥, which describe a person's body or animal flesh — 油 refers to the greasy substance itself.
noun
oilfatpetroleum
Easily confused
- 抽chōulook-aliketo draw out, to pull out (from in between)
- 由yóusound-alike(preposition) by (indicating the agent or doer of an action)
- 庙miàolook-aliketemple (Buddhist or Taoist)
- 游yóusound-aliketo swim
- 届jièlook-alike(classifier) for periodic events (meetings, competitions, elections) and graduating classes
Examples
- 油。Qǐng bāng wǒ mǎi yì píng yóu.Please help me buy a bottle of oil.
- 。Wǒ de chē xū yào jiā yóu.My car needs to refuel.
- 油。Zhè zhǒng yóu kě yǐ yòng lái chǎo cài.This kind of oil can be used for stir-frying.
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