油

yóu

oil, fat, grease, lard; paints

How to write 油, stroke by stroke

oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 由

Made of 氵 + 由

加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
奶油nǎi yóucream; butter; (coll.) effeminate
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
汽油qì yóugasoline
加油站jiā yóu zhàngas station
黄油huáng yóubutter
油漆yóu qīoil paints; lacquer; to paint
油炸yóu zháto deep fry
油门yóu ménaccelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle
酱油jiàng yóusoy sauce
油箱yóu xiāngfuel tank
油画yóu huàoil painting

这里附近有没有加油站？
zhè lǐ fù jìn yǒu méi yǒu jiā yóu zhàn ？
Is there a gas station around here?
我们国家不缺石油。
wǒ men guó jiā bù quē shí yóu 。
We are not short of oil in this country.
我们把牛奶制成乳酪和奶油。
wǒ men bǎ niú nǎi zhì chéng rǔ lào hé nǎi yóu 。
We make milk into cheese and butter.
我们把牛奶制成奶酪和黄油。
wǒ men bǎ niú nǎi zhì chéng nǎi lào hé huáng yóu 。
We make milk into cheese and butter.
这座桥正被重新油漆。
zhè zuò qiáo zhèng bèi chóng xīn yóu qī 。
The bridge is being repainted.