The Chinese word for petrol can is
汽油桶
qì yóu tǒngChinese Definition
Components | |
汽油 | |
1. n. petrol; gasoline | |
汽油 添加劑 - gasoline additive | |
汽 | |
1. gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma) | |
2. steam; water vapor | |
3. Alternative form of 汔 (to dry; nearly) | |
4. to tear (to produce tears) | |
5. Variant of ? | |
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 | |
桶 | |
1. pail; bucket; tub | |
2. cask; keg | |
3. barrel (unit) | |
4. (Philippines Hokkien) million | |
一 桶 (chi̍t-tháng) - one million, MN-PH |
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