油料 (yóu liào) — petroleum; oil; fuel; lubricant | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

petroleumoilfuellubricant

Examples

油料。
Zhè zhǒng yóu liào kě yǐ yòng lái fā diàn.
This type of oil can be used to generate electricity.
油料。
Gōng chǎng xū yào dà liàng yóu liào lái wéi chí shēng chǎn.
The factory needs a large amount of fuel to maintain production.
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Jī qì yùn zhuǎn qián yào jiā yóu liào.
You need to add lubricant before the machine runs.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

料liàomaterial

油 gives oil, while 料 points to a usable substance, together naming petroleum, fuel, or a lubricant.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵由油

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

由yóu油yóu

Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

米斗料

米米mǐrice
斗斗dòudipper

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

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