精油

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	oil; sly
trad. (精油)		精	油
simp. #(精油)		精	油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ jau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chîn-yù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-iû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ iu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingyóu
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-yu²
    • Yale: jīng-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingyou
    • Palladius: цзинъю (czinʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 精油 經由 / 经由 鯨油 / 鲸油

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: jīng yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: jin^ˊ iu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴ i̯u¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: jin^ˊ (r)iu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴ (j)i̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-iû
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'iuu
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ iu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng iû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ iu⁵⁵/

Noun

精油

1. essential oil

References

• “精油”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	油
せい Grade: 5	ゆ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

精(せい)油(ゆ) • (seiyu) 

1. essential oil
2. refined oil

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
精	油

Noun

精油 • (jeong'yu) (hangeul 정유)

1. hanja form^? of 정유 (“essential oil”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
精	油

Noun

精油

1. chữ Hán form of tinh dầu (“essential oil”)