油 (jau4) — varnish; paint; lacquer in Cantonese
jauˎ₄油
Mandarin Pinyin: you2
Meaning of 油
nounvarnish; paint; lacquer
nounoil; fat; grease; petroleum
nounglib; oily; slippery
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Example Sentences with 油
係唔係用花生油煮嘅?
Is this cooked in peanut oil?
你想入幾多油啊？
How much gas (petrol) do you want to put in?
結賬嗰陣時，計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘，七除八扣，唔賺得幾多咋
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.
seoiˊ²水tungˎ₄同jauˎ₄油haiˍ₆係kauˉ¹溝mˎ₄唔maaiˎ₄埋ge˗₃嘅。
Water and oil cannnot be mixed together.
bouˉ¹煲tongˉ¹湯jiu˗₃要saangˉ¹生jau4.油。
Soup needs cooking oil.
Words Containing 油
石油氣sek6 jau4 hei3
petroleum gas
運油車wan6 yau4 ce1
oil tanker; petrol tanker [Syn]油罐車
豉油皇雞絲炒麵si6 jau4 wong4 gai1 si1 caau2 min6
stir fried noodles with soy sauce and chicken
油水jau4 seoi2
grease; profit
家鄉蔥油餅gaa1 hoeng1 cung1 jau4 beng2
home-style fried onion cakes
橄欖油gaam3 laam2 jau4
olive oil
奶油naai5 jau4
butter | Cant.: 牛油 | Syn.: 黃油
油嘴jau4 zeoi2
Bean (choke valve); an industry specific term used to describe a valve which controls the flow of fluids in petroleum and natural gas extraction.
煤油mui4 jau4
kerosene (UK: paraffin) | [粵]: 火水
撈油水lou1 jau4 seoi2
gain wealth through illegal means
臭油膉cau3 jau4 jik1
a rancid smell (of greasy food)
雲尼拿油wan4 nei1 laa2 jau4
vanilla extract
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