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油漆匠yóu qī jiàng
painter
Definitions
English > Chinese | ||
painter | ||
1. 画家 | ||
2. 油漆匠 | ||
Components | ||
油漆 | yóuqī | |
1. n. paint | ||
2. v. to paint | ||
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 | ||
漆 | qī, qù | |
1. (vern, lacquer tree); vern, varnish tree | ||
2. varnish; lacquer; paint | ||
3. to paint; to varnish | ||
4. (literary) black; dark | ||
5. (Name of several rivers.) | ||
6. Only used in 漆漆 | ||
匠 | jiàng | |
1. craftsman; artisan; workman | ||
2. master | ||
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yóu qī jiàng
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