油 Stroke Order — How to Write 油

Stroke Order

油 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 氵, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

油 Radical and Character Components

Components:氵由

油 is a phono-semantic compound: 氵 (water) carries the meaning, while 由 indicates the sound.

Radical: 氵 + 5 more strokes

油 Pronunciation and Pinyin

yóu

Meanings of 油 in Chinese

yóu油

Oil; fat or grease (from plants/animals or minerals), typically insoluble in water and flammable.

做菜的时候，我们通常会用到食油。

When cooking, we usually use cooking oil.

To apply oil or paint onto a surface; to brush with oil or paint.

工人正在给墙壁刷油漆。

The workers are painting the wall.

to be stained or smeared with oil; to get greasy

修理机器时，他的手上油了

While repairing the machine, his hands got oily.

Sly; cunning; glib (often implies being smooth and artful in a deceptive way).

他这个人有点油，总是想走捷径。

He's a bit sly and always tries to take shortcuts.

Common Words and Phrases with 油

yóu油bèng泵

An oil pump is a device that draws or pressurizes oil.

汽车的油泵坏了，导致发动机无法启动

The car's oil pump was broken, which prevented the engine from starting.

yóu油bǐng饼

Deep-fried dough cake

早餐我喜欢吃油饼配豆浆。

For breakfast, I like to eat fried pancakes with soybean milk.

yóu油bù布

Oilcloth, oilskin, or tarpaulin, a type of fabric treated with oil to make it waterproof or moisture-resistant.

我们用油布盖住了木柴堆，以防下雨淋湿

We covered the stack of firewood with oilcloth to protect it from the rain.

yóu油cǎi彩

Oil paint, or greasepaint for theatrical makeup.

她喜欢用油彩画出色彩斑斓的图画。

She likes to use oil paints to create colorful pictures.

yóu油cài菜

Rape (Brassica campestris), cultivated for its oil-rich seeds and as a green vegetable.

春天到了，田野里大片的油菜花开了，金黄一片，非常美丽。

With the arrival of spring, vast fields of rapeseed flowers have bloomed, creating a beautiful golden expanse.

yóu油céng层

A rock stratum, such as sandstone, limestone, or shale, that contains and produces crude oil.

工程师们正在研究如何更有效地从深层油层中提取石油。

Engineers are studying how to more efficiently extract oil from deep oil layers.

yóu油chá茶

A tea-oil tree or oil-tea camellia (Camellia oleifera), native to China, whose seeds are used to extract edible oil.

油茶树开出了洁白的花朵，预示着秋天丰收的季节。

The Camellia oleifera trees blossomed with white flowers, signaling the arrival of the autumn harvest season.

yóu油chē车

tanker

这辆油车将新鲜牛奶运到市区的乳品厂。

This tanker truck transports fresh milk to the dairy factory in the city.

yóu油chuán船

A ship specifically designed to transport large quantities of oil or other liquid cargo in bulk.

港口停泊着一艘巨大的油船。

A huge oil tanker is anchored in the port.

yóu油dēng灯

an old-fashioned lamp that uses oil as fuel

在没有电的偏远山村，家家户户晚上都点着油灯照明

In remote mountain villages without electricity, every household lights oil lamps for illumination at night.

yóu油fáng坊

An oil mill, a workshop or factory where vegetable oil is extracted using an oil press.

小镇上的老油坊，用传统方法榨出的菜籽油香味浓郁，深受当地居民喜爱

The old oil mill in the small town, using traditional methods, produces rapeseed oil with a rich aroma, which is deeply loved by the local residents.

yóu油gǎn橄lǎn榄

An evergreen tree native to Europe, cultivated for its edible oval fruit (olives) and the oil extracted from them; its branches are a symbol of peace.