油 yóu

1. yóu noun oil; fat; grease; lard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '油'; Guoyu '油' n 1; Kroll 2015 '油' 3, p. 563; Unihan '油'; XHZD '油' 1, p. 909)
2. yóu noun petroleum; kerosene
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Oil based fuels (Guoyu '油' n 2; XHZD '油' 2, p. 909)
3. yóu adjective stained with oil
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '油' v 2; XHZD '油' 4, p. 909)
4. yóu adjective slippery
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '油' 2, p. 563; XHZD '油' 5, pp. 909-910)
5. yóu adjective bubbling up; flourishing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '油'adj 2; Kroll 2015 '油' 1, p. 563)
6. yóu noun an item of of additional benefit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '油' n 3)
7. yóu adjective glossy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '油'adj 3)
8. yóu noun tung oil [tree]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '油' 3b, p. 563)
9. yóu adjective sneaky; insincere
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '油'adj 1)
10. yóu verb to paint
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '油' v 1; Unihan '油'; XHZD '油' 3, p. 909)

Contained in

• 油泼扯面(油潑扯麵) broad, belt-shaped noodles
• 成品油 refined oil
• 油光 glossy; gleaming; shiny (due to greasiness); slick; greasy; oily
• 采油(採油) oil extraction; oil recovery
• 油井 oil well
• 绿油油(綠油油) lush green; verdant
• 甘油三酯 triglyceride
• 清油 vegetable cooking oil
• 黄油(黃油) butter ; yellow grease
• 挥发油(揮發油) a volatile oil
• 加油站 gas station
• 亚麻仁油(亞麻仁油) linseed oil
• 植物油 vegetable oil
• 机器油(機器油) machine oil
• 清凉油(清涼油) soothing ointment; balm
• 原油 crude oil
• 油猾 sly; slick
• 火上浇油(火上澆油) to aggravate a situation
• 集油箱 oil sump
• 鱼肝油(魚肝油) cod liver oil
• 芝麻油 sesame oil
• 油嘴 eloquent and cunning; silver tongued
• 油烟(油煙) soot; lampblack
• 拖油瓶 (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage; children by a previous marriage
• 人造黄油(人造黃油) margarine
• 陈年酱油(陳年醬油) dark soy sauce
• 煤焦油 coal tar
• 甘油三脂 triglyceride
• 薄荷油 peppermint oil
• 燃料油 fuel oil
• 老油子 wily old fox; crafty fellow
• 油鞋 waterproof shoes; oiled shoes (for wet weather)
• 油棕 oil palm
• 石脑油(石腦油) naphtha
• 奶油鸡蛋(奶油雞蛋) cream sponge
• 上溜油 basted (of meat etc)
• 油头滑脑(油頭滑腦) oily head and smooth brain; crafty and careless
• 加油 to cheer on ; to refuel
• 汽油 gas; gasoline
• 油汪汪 dripping with oil
• 食油 cooking oil
• 矮油 alternative for 哎呦 oh my!
• 牛油 butter
• 贫油国(貧油國) country poor in oil
• 油漆匠 a painter
• 油印 to mimeograph
• 硝化甘油 nitroglycerine

Also contained in

辣酱油 、 中石油川东钻探公司 、 中国石油 、 油尖旺

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 21
• 第九十一回 Chapter 91 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 18
• 卷二十四　　　　志第十四　　　車服 Volume 24 Treatises 15: Carraiges and Attire New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 12
• 卷十七 志第九 輿服 Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 11
• 卷四十五 志第二十五: 輿服 Volume 45 Treatises 25: Carriages and Clothes Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 10
• 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 9
• 卷四十三　志第二十四:　輿服上 天子車輅、皇后妃嬪車輦、皇太子車制、王公以下車制及鞍勒飾 輿服中 天子袞冕 視朝之服 皇后冠服 皇太子冠服 宗室及外戚並一品命婦 臣下朝服 祭服 公服 輿服下 衣服通制 Volume 43 Treatises 24: Carriages and Clothing 1 - Emperor's Carriages, Empress' and Consorts' Carriages; Crown Prince's Carriages; Princes, Dukes, and below Carriages and Saddlery; Carriages and Clothing 2 - Emperors' Robes and Crowns; Clothing for those Accompanying the Emperor; Empresses' Crown and Clothing; Crown Princes' Crown and Clothing; Dress for the Imperial Clan, Families of Imperial Consorts, and Titled Nobility; Court Dress for Officials; Ceremonial Clothing; Official Clothing; Carriages and Clothing 3 - Tailoring History of Jin 金史 — count: 9
• 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
• 卷一百〇七　列傳第四十五:　高汝礪 張行信 Volume 107 Biographies 45: Gao Ruli, Zhang Xingxin History of Jin 金史 — count: 7
• 卷一百〇一　志第四十九:　兵四 Volume 101 Treatises 54: Military 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 7

Collocations

• 油幢 (油幢) 綠油幢 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress — count: 31
• 油络 (油絡) 又給油絡通幰車 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八十九 列傳第四十九 袁粲 Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can — count: 27
• 给油 (給油) 又給油絡通幰車 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八十九 列傳第四十九 袁粲 Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can — count: 25
• 油纁 (油纁) 紫油纁硃裏 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 — count: 23
• 青油 (青油) 上加青油幢 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress — count: 19
• 紫油 (紫油) 紫油纁硃裏 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 — count: 15
• 绿油 (綠油) 綠油幢 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress — count: 9
• 油灌 (油灌) 膏油灌其中 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十四 吳書九 周瑜魯肅呂蒙傳 Volume 54: Book of Wu 9 - Biographies of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng — count: 8
• 赤油 (赤油) 以赤油 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress — count: 5
• 油衣 (油衣) 綠油衣 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷十七 志第九 輿服 Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress — count: 5