The Chinese word for oil is
机油
jī yóu
Chinese Definition
| oil | |
| 1. 名词. 油 | |
| Components | |
| 机 | |
| 1. Variant of 機 | |
| 2. Alternative form of 几 (small table; stool) | |
| 油 | |
| 1. name of an ancient river | |
| 2. oil: fat, grease, lard, etc. | |
| 麻油 - sesame oil | |
| 豬油 - lard | |
| 機油 - engine oil | |
| 炒 菜 要 落 油。 - You need to add oil when you stir-fry vegetables. | |
| 3. petroleum; fuel | |
| 石油 - petroleum; oil | |
| 漏油jau4-2 - to leak fuel | |
| 加油 - to refuel | |
| 油站 - petrol station; gas station | |
| 4. to paint | |
| 油 屋 - to paint the house | |
| 5. (Cantonese) Short for 油漆, paint, tr=- | |
| 啲 油jau4-2 未 乾 呀。 - The paint hasn't dried yet. | |
| 油油jau4-2 - to apply paint | |
| 6. (Cantonese) to colour (with crayons, coloured pencils, oil pastel, etc.) | |
| 老師 將 弟dai6-4弟dai6-2 油 嗰 幅 畫 貼堂。 - The teacher posted the picture that my brother coloured on the board. | |
| 7. (Cantonese) Short for 油門, accelerator; gas pedal; throttle | |
| 踩油jau4-2 - to hit the gas; to accelerate | |
| 8. (Cantonese) oily | |
| 9. to be grease-stained | |
| 10. sly; glib | |
| 11. vigorous, abundant | |
| 12. shiny | |
| 13. sweet-tempered, acquiescent | |
| 14. flippant and insincere | |
| 15. dark | |
| 16. (chiefly Taiwan originally ACG slang) resembling a weeb; obsessive towards ACG | |
| 17. Used in 浩油 |
Translations for 油 and their definitions
| 油 | |
| 1. name of an ancient river | |
| 2. oil: fat, grease, lard, etc. | |
| 麻油 - sesame oil | |
| 豬油 - lard | |
| 機油 - engine oil | |
| 炒 菜 要 落 油。 - You need to add oil when you stir-fry vegetables. | |
| 3. petroleum; fuel | |
| 石油 - petroleum; oil | |
| 漏油jau4-2 - to leak fuel | |
| 加油 - to refuel | |
| 油站 - petrol station; gas station | |
| 4. to paint | |
| 油 屋 - to paint the house | |
| 5. (Cantonese) Short for 油漆, paint, tr=- | |
| 啲 油jau4-2 未 乾 呀。 - The paint hasn't dried yet. | |
| 油油jau4-2 - to apply paint | |
| 6. (Cantonese) to colour (with crayons, coloured pencils, oil pastel, etc.) | |
| 老師 將 弟dai6-4弟dai6-2 油 嗰 幅 畫 貼堂。 - The teacher posted the picture that my brother coloured on the board. | |
| 7. (Cantonese) Short for 油門, accelerator; gas pedal; throttle | |
| 踩油jau4-2 - to hit the gas; to accelerate | |
| 8. (Cantonese) oily | |
| 9. to be grease-stained | |
| 10. sly; glib | |
| 11. vigorous, abundant | |
| 12. shiny | |
| 13. sweet-tempered, acquiescent | |
| 14. flippant and insincere | |
| 15. dark | |
| 16. (chiefly Taiwan originally ACG slang) resembling a weeb; obsessive towards ACG | |
| 17. Used in 浩油 |
| 石油 | |
| 1. n. oil; petroleum | |
| 石油 鑽塔 - oil rig | |
| 石油 鑽台 - oil rig | |
| 2. n. (dated or dialectal) kerosene | |
| 3. n. (Xiang, dated) petrol |
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jī yóu
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