油

yóu

A1 Level 3
NounStative verb

油 (yóu) is a Chinese word meaning “oil”. It sits at TOCFL Level 3 (CEFR A1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. oil
  2. fat
  3. grease
  4. petroleum
  5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. oily
  7. greasy
  8. glib
  9. cunning

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Example

這道菜的油有點多。

This dish is a bit oily.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).