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石油 shíyóu

石油 shíyóu Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 石油 shíyóu .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shíyóu | shi2 you2
English translation
oil
petroleum

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Traditional form

石油 shíyóu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 石油 shíyóu

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Shí

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a stone chime.

Positional decomposition

厂口

Number of Strokes

5
yóu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

yóu

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵由

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 石油 shíyóu

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qīng Shí yóu 馏分 liú fèn , 石脑油 shí nǎo yóu shì 合乎逻辑 de 选择 xuǎnzé .

Light petroleum distillate , generally known as naphtha, was the logical choice.

我们 wǒmen yāo ( zhǐ 石油 shíyóu ) liú 在井 de ,直至 zhí zhì 我们 wǒmen 能够 néng gòu yǒu 控制 kòngzhì de fàng 出来 chū lái .

We want it to stay down the hole until we can lead it off in a controlled manner.

jiù 石油 shíyóu 能源 néngyuán 而言 ér yán , 我们 wǒmen 节省 jiéshěng 愈好.

As far as oil energy is concerned, we cannot be too frugal.

许多 xǔduō 石油 shíyóu 天然气 tiānránqì 矿物 kuàng wù shì 海里 hǎi lǐ .

Much of our oil, gas, and minerals also come from underwater.

Ào 瑞克斯 shì 一家 yī jiā 设在 shè zài 达拉斯 Dá lā sī de 石油 shíyóu 天然气 tiānránqì 勘探 kāntàn 生产 shēngchǎn 公司 gōngsī

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石油 shíyóu Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 石油 shíyóu and their own compounds.

石油 shíyóu Compounds

See all 353 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 石油 shíyóu in their composition.

  • Shí
    • yán
      • yán
      • , , , ,
    • yán
      • yān ,
    • bèng
    • dàng
      • dàng ,
    • tuó
    • huò
    • què , , , pèng , suì , , yìng , , ài , bàng , kǎn , , wǎn , kuàng , dié , , chǔ , zhuān , tàn , pēng , bēi , , liù , shuò , liú , Tuò , jiāo , niǎn , xiāo , jiǎn , huáng , shā , guī , lín , diāo , pán , , diǎn , , shēn , chá , zhēn , cuō , jiǎn , lěi , , , tuó , ,
    • chěn , péng , , , fán , yàn , zhǎ , zhí , , què , ài , , pào , ài , , , fēng , dòng , biān , zhè , , duì , dìng , , shí , zhuó , tuō , shí , gān , , jiāng , dàng , dān , , , , suì , chē , , luǒ , , zhǔ , , , , , lóng , tóng , kēng , náo
    • kèn , xíng , yán , xiá , qiāo , wéi , qiáo , , máng , kēng , zhuì , qìng , mín , què , , bèi , ruǎn , yán , , jié , duàn , xiá , nǎo , , què , wěi , sǎng , , zhé , , gǔn , chán , , kàn , yǐn , lěi , cuī , qìng , chuò , , dèng , jiàn , diàn , pán , jiàn , dūn , lèi , , jiāng , pīn
    • , , ruǎn , méng , , lèi , pào , lóng , shuāng , shí , shí , , , , , , , , , , , , jué , , è , , , , , , , dùn , , , , , , zhài , , , pīng , , , , , , zhū , , ,
    • , , , pēng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , yàn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , shuò , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , zhuān , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , chǔ , , , , , , , , , , , , , , kuàng , , , , , fán , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • yóu
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