油
yóu HSK2

oil

油 yóu
oil noun
oil, fat, grease, or petroleum

炒菜需要放一点油。

chǎo cài xū​yào fàng yī​diǎn yóu.

You need to add a little oil for stir-frying.

fuel adjective
fuel, specifically gasoline or petroleum used by a vehicle

这辆车非常吃油。

zhè liàng chē fēi​cháng chī yóu.

This car is a real gas guzzler.

greasy descriptive
oily or greasy in texture

他的头发总是油油的。

tā de tóu​fa zǒng​shì yóu yóu de.

His hair is always greasy.

glib adjective
glib, cunning, or slippery in behavior

这个人说话很油，不可靠。

zhè gè rén shuō​huà hěn yóu, bù kě​kào.

This person talks too slickly; he's not reliable.

varnish verb
to apply tung oil, paint, or varnish

这扇门还没油过。

zhè shàn mén hái méi yóu guo.

This door hasn't been painted yet.

Frequency
Character
Written text
948th most common 178.1 per million
Movie subtitles
618th most common 225.3 per million appears in 51% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
44.1 per million appears in 14% of films
Written text
158.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6CB9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)