油油

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóuyóu

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

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/

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

(literary) shiny; glossy
(literary) flowing smoothly and incessantly
(literary) luxuriant and dense
(literary) many
(literary) deferential; respectful
(literary) leisurely
(literary) worried

Verb

油⫽油 (verb-object)

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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

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ jau^4-2

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)

(Cantonese) to paint; to apply paint

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 上油漆

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