石油
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 石 | 油 |
Noun [edit]
石油 (hiragana せきゆ, romaji sekiyu)
Synonyms [edit]
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Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 石油 | |||
Etymology [edit]
From 石(rock)+油(oil), as it is oil found within rock. Compare petroleum which has a near identical etymology.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
石油 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shíyóu)
Categories:
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 石
- Japanese terms spelled with 油
- Japanese nouns
- ja:Liquids
- ja:Natural resources
- Mandarin nouns in simplified script
- Mandarin nouns in traditional script
- Mandarin nouns
- Chinese hanzi
- cmn:Elementary Mandarin in traditional script
- cmn:Elementary Mandarin in simplified script
- cmn:Liquids in traditional script
- cmn:Liquids in simplified script
- cmn:Organic chemistry in traditional script
- cmn:Organic chemistry in simplified script
