Chinese Word of the Day
机油jī yóu
oil
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 机油 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 機油 | ||
| 機油 | jīyóu | |
| 1. n. machine oil; engine oil | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| oil | ||
| 1. 名词. 油 | ||
| Components | ||
| 机 | ||
| 1. Variant of 機 | ||
| 2. Alternative form of 几 (small table; stool) | ||
| 機 | jī | |
| 1. weaving machine; spinning machine | ||
| 機杼 - loom | ||
| 2. machine; apparatus; device | ||
| 打字機 - typewriter | ||
| 3. (mostly in compounds) Short for *飛機 (aircraft) | ||
| 4. (mostly in compounds) Short for *手機 (cellphone) | ||
| 5. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for *遊戲機 (video game) | ||
| 6. mechanism; process | ||
| 玄機 - arcane truth; nature's mystery | ||
| 7. cause; reason | ||
| 8. secret; confidential (affair) | ||
| 機密 - top secret | ||
| 9. opportunity; chance; crucial point | ||
| 戰機 - opportunity in battle | ||
| 10. plan; idea | ||
| 神機 - marvellous strategy | ||
| 11. flexible; quick-witted | ||
| 12. organic | ||
| 有機 - organic | ||
| 油 | yóu | |
| 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. (zh-used in, 浩油) | ||
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Pronunciation
jī yóu
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