煤油 (méi yóu) — kerosene

Definition

noun
kerosene

Examples

  • 煤油
    Guò qù hěn duō jiā tíng yòng méi yóu lái diǎn dēng.
    In the past, many households used kerosene to light lamps.
  • 煤油
    Zhè zhǒng méi yóu de rán shāo xiào lǜ hěn gāo.
    This type of kerosene has high combustion efficiency.
  • 煤油
    Fēi jī shǐ yòng de rán liào bú shì pǔ tōng méi yóu.
    The fuel used by airplanes is not ordinary kerosene.

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