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燃油泵rán yóu bèng
fuel pump
Definitions
Components | ||
燃 | rán | |
1. to burn; to be alight | ||
2. to ignite; to light | ||
3. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes) | ||
4. (neologism, slang) lit; awesome; cool; uplifting | ||
5. (neologism, slang) pumped up; hyper; stoked | ||
6. (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese) to burn (wood, coal, etc.) | ||
7. (Hokkien, Teochew) to heat up; to boil (a liquid) | ||
燃水 - to heat up water; to boil water, MN | ||
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 | ||
泵 | bèng | |
1. pump | ||
2. to pump | ||
3. (Cantonese) (Onomatopoeia for an explosion.) | ||
泵bam6 一聲 噉 爆炸 - to explode with a boom | ||
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rán yóu bèng
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