油油

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Chinese

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oil; sly oil; sly
simp. and trad.
(油油)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (36)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/iəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juw/
Li
Rong
/iu/
Wang
Li
/jĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ yuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[l][u]/
English flow(ing)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 15525
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯw/
Notes

Adjective

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油油

  1. (literary) shiny; glossy
  2. (literary) flowing smoothly and incessantly
  3. (literary) luxuriant and dense
  4. (literary) many
  5. (literary) deferential; respectful
  6. (literary) leisurely
  7. (literary) worried

Verb

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油⫽油 (verb-object)

  1. (Southern Min) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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油⫽油 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese) to paint; to apply paint
Synonyms
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