DICTIONARY
The Chinese word you - 油 - yóu
(oil in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
yóu
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English translations
oil, fat, grease, oily
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 油 ( yóu ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of yóu are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
油 is composed of 8 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
greasy | grease
油 ( you / yóu ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 920)
油 ( you / yóu ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 920)
Chinese example words containing the character 油 ( you / yóu )
抽油烟机 ( chōuyóuyānjī = kitchen ventilator ), 蚝油牛肉 ( háoyóu niúròu = beef in oyster sauce ), 黄油 ( huángyóu = butter ), 加油站 ( jiāyóuzhàn = filling station ), 酱油 ( jiàngyóu = soya sauce ), 奶油 ( năiyóu = cream ), 去甲油 ( qùjiăyóu = nail polish remover ), 润滑油 ( rùnhuáyóu = lube ), 石油 ( shíyóu = petroleum ), 食用油 ( shíyòngyóu = cooking oil ), 油饼 ( yóubĭng = fried pancake ), 油画棒 ( yóuhuàbàng = oil pastel ), 鱼油 ( yúyóu = fish oil ), 指甲油 ( zhĭjiăyóu = nail polish )
Other characters that are pronounced yóu in Chinese
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