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Mandarin yóu
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 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
Results beginning with 油
 yóu jià oil (petroleum) price
 yóu mò printing ink
 yóu qī oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL:層|层[ceng2]
 yóu huà oil painting
 yóu zhī grease / oil / fat
 yóu tián oil field
 yóu hào fuel consumption
 yóu qì oil and gas
 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar
 yóu mén accelerator (pedal) / gas pedal / throttle
 yóu zhá to deep fry
 yóu xiāng oil tank
 yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica napus) / flowering edible rape (Brassica chinensis var. oleifera)
 yóu tiáo youtiao (deep-fried breadstick) / CL:根[gen1] / slick and sly person
 yóu bèng oil pump
 yóu dēng oil lamp
 yóu shuǐ grease / profit / ill-gotten gains
 yóu liào oilseed / oil / fuel
 yóu yān soot / lampblack
 yóu guō a deep fryer
 yóu wū greasy dirt / sludge (from an oil spill)
 yóu kù fuel depot / fuel farm
 yóu guāng glossy / gleaming / shiny (due to greasiness) / slick / greasy / oily
 yóu lún tanker (ship) / CL:艘[sou1]
 yóu jǐng oil well
 yóu liàng glossy / shiny
 yóu gāo balm
 yóu suān oleic acid
 yóu huá oily / greasy / unctuous / slippery (character)
 yóu bù tarpaulin
 yóu zuǐ eloquent and cunning / silver tongued
 yóu bǐng deep-fried doughcake / oilcake (animal fodder)
  oil workover / workover
 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship
 yóu táo nectarine
 yóu zi dense and sticky substance / (dialect) wily old fox
 yóu sōng Chinese red pine
 yóu gòu greasy dirt
 yóu yìn to mimeograph
 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii)
 yóu shā oil sand (mining)
 yóu chǐ dipstick / oil measuring rod
 yóu hàn oily sweat / (dialect) aphid
 yóu hēi glossy black
 yóu huá sly / slick
 yóu huā grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid / tricky and dissolute
 yóu hūn meat foods
 yóu jī a variety of chicken
 yóu là rayu
 yóu mài naked oat (old)
 yóu pào to sauté / bubbles that appear in the oil when deep-frying
 yóu tǎ oil tank
 yóu xié waterproof shoes / oiled shoes (for wet weather)
 yóu xuán Youxuan, a kind of a pastry
 yóu yóu oily
 yóu yuán petrodollar
 yóu zhèng Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979)
 yóu zōng oil palm
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 yóu cài zǐ oilseed rape (Brassica campestris) / rapeseed / coleseed
 yóu qì tián oilfields and gasfields
 yóu guàn chē oil tanker truck / fuel tanker
 yóu qī gōng house painter
 yóu yè yán oil shale
  oil sludge
  grapple saw
  grease pump
 yóu dǐ ké oil sump
 yóu guāng guāng glossy / gleaming / shiny (due to greasiness) / slick / greasy / oily
 yóu guāng qī varnish
 yóu hū hū greasy / oily
 yóu huī dāo putty knife
 yóu huí shōu oil recovery
 yóu jiā lì variant of 尤加利[you2 jia1 li4]
 Yóu jiān wàng Yau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
 yóu mài cài Indian lettuce
 yóu wāng wāng dripping with oil
 yóu zhá guǐ (coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
 yóu zhī cáo grease tank
 yóu zhī guàn grease tank
 yóu zhī tǒng grease tank
 yóu rán ér shēng arising involuntarily (idiom) / spontaneous / to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
 yóu zuǐ huá shé glib / oily-mouthed and smooth talking
 yóu qiāng huá diào flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily
 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop
 yóu guāng kě jiàn lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom) / lustrous
 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life
  fuel-air explosive
  International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage / Bunkers Convention
  oil pollution damage
 yóu chí huǒ zāi pool fire
 yóu guāng shuǐ huá sleek / shiny and smooth
 yóu lún ān quán tanker safety
 yóu mǔ yán zhì kerogen
 yóu pō chě miàn broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi, also known as 𰻞𰻞麵|𰻝𰻝面[biang2 biang2 mian4]
 yóu yè yán xī Petrolacosaurus
 yóu zhá quān bǐng doughnut
 yóu zhī zhuàng bīng grease ice
  poga
  FAE gas bag / gas bag
  Mimeograph Operator
  Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
  petrol tank with metering equipment
  Technical Panel on Oil Shale and Tar Sands
Approximate Results for 油
 shí yóu oil / petroleum
 jiā yóu to 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
 qì yóu gasoline
 yuán yóu crude oil
 chái yóu diesel fuel
 rán yóu fuel oil
 jiàng yóu soy sauce
 jīng yóu essential oil
 jī yóu engine oil
 nǎi yóu cream / butter / (coll.) effeminate
 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
 xiāng yóu sesame oil / perfumed oil
 liàn yóu oil refinery
 gān yóu glycerine / glycerol
 jié yóu to economize on gasoline / fuel-efficient
 Zhòng yóu CNPC, China National Petroleum Corporation (abbr.)
 huáng yóu butter / CL:盒[he2]
 má yóu sesame oil
 zhū yóu lard
 méi yóu kerosene
 lòu yóu oil spill / oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jia1 you2])
 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil
 cài yóu rapeseed oil / canola oil
 bǎi yóu asphalt / tar / pitch
 niú yóu butter / beef tallow
 cǎi yóu oil extraction / oil recovery
 rǔ yóu emulsifiable concentrate
 jiāo yóu tar
 hóng yóu chili oil
 hán yóu containing oil / oil-bearing
 sū yóu butter
 bǎn yóu leaf fat / leaf lard
 shí yóu cooking oil
 háo yóu oyster sauce
 kāi yóu to take advantage of sb / to freeload
 huǒ yóu (dialect) kerosene
 zhà yóu to extract oil from vegetables / to press
 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
 xié yóu shoe polish
 tuī yóu oil massage
 quē yóu oil shortage
 qīng yóu vegetable cooking oil
 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas)
 tú yóu to grease / to oil / to baste (cookery)
  creaming / skimming
 ǎi yóu (slang) alternative for 哎呦[ai1 you1] "oh my!"
 cā yóu to oil / to anoint
 chī yóu (of food) to absorb oil / (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel
 dà yóu lard
 diàn yóu aniline oil
 háo yóu oyster sauce / correct spelling 蠔油|蚝油
 hūn yóu lard / animal fat
 Jiāng yóu Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan
 jùn yóu to stir fry
 jú yóu to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer
 mǒ yóu to anoint
 piāo yóu oil spill
 pín yóu poor in oil
 qū yóu to pour heated oil and seasonings over food (e.g. a cooked fish)
 shèng yóu chrism / holy anointing oil
 xiā yóu prawn sauce
 yáng yóu imported oil / kerosene
 yáng yóu sheep's fat / suet / mutton tallow
 yē yóu coconut oil
 zhì yóu to extract (vegetable) oil / oil extraction
 zhuāng yóu oil loading / loading
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 jiā yóu zhàn gas station
 rùn huá yóu lubricating oil
 chéng pǐn yóu refined oil
 chái yóu jī diesel engine
 zhí wù yóu vegetable oil
 rán liào yóu fuel oil
 gǎn lǎn yóu olive oil
 zhōng hǎi yóu China National Offshore Oil Corporation
 liàn yóu chǎng oil refinery
 zōng lu:2 yóu palm oil
 zhǐ jia yóu nail polish
 sè lā yóu salad oil
 huà yóu qì carburetor
绿 lu:4 yóu yóu lush green / verdant
 qì yóu jī gasoline engine
 jiā yóu jī tanker aircraft / flying tanker
 dǎ yóu shī humorous poem / limerick
 bǎi yóu lù tarred road / asphalt road
 yú gān yóu cod liver oil
 méi jiāo yóu coal tar
 shū yóu guǎn petroleum pipeline
 zhī ma yóu sesame oil
 wàn jīn yóu Tiger Balm (medicine) / jack of all trades (and master of none)(slang)
 sū yóu chá butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk)
 xiān nǎi yóu cream / whipped cream
 lǎo yóu tiáo old fox / slick customer
 shí nǎo yóu naphtha
 huī fā yóu volatile oil (in general) / gasoline
 fáng shài yóu sunscreen / sunblock
 dòng wù yóu animal fat
 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil
 cōng yóu bǐng scallion pancake
 sōng jié yóu turpentine
 bò he yóu peppermint oil
 méi zhì yóu coal liquefaction
 shí yóu mí petroleum ether
 sū yóu huā butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
  spindle oil
  tanker truck / fuel truck
  efficient car
  oil-fired
  cannabis oil / marijuana oil / liquid hashish / liquid cannabis / hashish oil / cured cannabis
  iodized oil
  Petroleum Unit
  tar pit
  hash oil
  black tar
 ài yè yóu mugwort leaf oil (TCM) / also called wormwood leaf oil / Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi
 ān yè yóu eucalyptus oil
 bó yóu céng oil sheet
 chǎn yóu guó oil-producing countries
 cū chái yóu gas oil
 dǎ jiàng yóu to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce")
 fēng yóu jīng essential balm containing menthol, eucalyptus oil etc, used as a mosquito repellant
 gān yóu quán glyceraldehyde (CH2O)3
 gé yóu chí grease trap
 guàn nǎi yóu whipped cream
 hán yóu yán oil bearing rock
 hào yóu liàng fuel consumption
 huí guō yóu reused cooking oil
 Jiāng yóu shì Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan
 jiān zhá yóu frying oil
 jiā qīng yóu hydrogenated oil
 jiā yóu gōng gas station attendant
 jiā yóu qiāng fuel nozzle
 jí yóu xiāng oil sump
 jú yóu jī hair steamer
 kuàng yóu jīng mineral spirits
 kǔ yóu liàn andiroba, bastard mahogany
 là jiàng yóu Worcestershire sauce
 lán yóu zhà oil retention barrier
 lāo yóu shuǐ (coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
 lǎo yóu zi (coll.) wily old fox / crafty fellow
 liáng yóu chǐ dipstick / oil measuring rod
 mù yù yóu bath oil
 niú yóu guǒ avocado (Persea americana)
 niú yóu jǐ pound cake
 niú yóu shù shea tree
 pín yóu guó country poor in oil
 pí xié yóu shoe polish
 qīng liáng yóu soothing ointment / balm
 rán yóu cāng oil tank (of ship)
 shàng liū yóu basted (of meat etc)
 shèng gāo yóu chrism / holy anointing oil
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