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汽油桶qì yóu tǒng
petrol can
Definitions
Components | ||
汽油 | qìyóu | |
1. n. petrol; gasoline | ||
汽油 添加劑 - gasoline additive | ||
汽 | qì | |
1. gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma) | ||
2. steam; water vapor | ||
3. Alternative form of 汔 (to dry; nearly) | ||
4. to tear (to produce tears) | ||
5. Variant of ? | ||
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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. Used in 浩油 | ||
桶 | tǒng | |
1. pail; bucket; tub | ||
2. cask; keg | ||
3. barrel (unit) | ||
4. (Philippines Hokkien) million | ||
一 桶 (chi̍t-tháng) - one million, MN-PH | ||
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qì yóu tǒng
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