油油

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuyóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-yu²
    • Yale: yóu-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youyou
    • Palladius: юю (juju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-iû
    • Tâi-lô: iû-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ iu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: yuw yuw

Rime
Character	油
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以周切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l][u]  [l][u]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯw  lɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	油
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	油
Reading #	1/2
No.	15525
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯw/
Notes	象柚實，爲柚初文；柚爲條，由枿亦稱木生條， 同音相借

Adjective

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

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

• 光油油 (guāngyóuyóu)
• 烏油油／乌油油 (wūyóuyóu)
• 碧油油
• 綠油油／绿油油 (lǜyóuyóu)
• 黑油油

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ jau^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ jau^4-2
    • Yale: yàuh yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ jau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yeo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

油⫽油 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to paint; to apply paint

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 上油漆