美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 采油 採油 cǎi yóu oil extraction / oil recovery 香油 xiāng yóu sesame oil / perfumed oil syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 菜油 cài yóu rapeseed oil / canola oil syn 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 含油 hán yóu containing oil / oil-bearing 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 漏油 lòu yóu oil spill / oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油[jia1 you2]) 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 油 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning syn 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 加油 jiā yóu to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on syn 石油 shí yóu oil / petroleum syn 油漆 yóu qī oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL:層|层[ceng2] syn 油画 油畫 yóu huà oil painting 油箱 yóu xiāng oil tank 储藏 儲藏 chǔ cáng to store / deposit / (oil, mineral etc) deposits syn 油井 yóu jǐng oil well 油脂 yóu zhī grease / oil / fat 润滑油 潤滑油 rùn huá yóu lubricating oil syn 油田 yóu tián oil field 机油 機油 jī yóu engine oil 燃油 rán yóu fuel oil 橄榄油 橄欖油 gǎn lǎn yóu olive oil 压榨 壓榨 yā zhà to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing syn 炼油厂 煉油廠 liàn yóu chǎng oil refinery 油价 油價 yóu jià oil (petroleum) price 钻井 鑽井 zuàn jǐng to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole syn 原油 yuán yóu crude oil syn 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 油管 yóu guǎn oil pipe / (slang) YouTube 植物油 zhí wù yóu vegetable oil 油泵 yóu bèng oil pump 灯罩 燈罩 dēng zhào cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp syn 勘探 kān tàn to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting syn 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 油污 yóu wū greasy dirt / sludge (from an oil spill) 油料 yóu liào oilseed / oil / fuel 蓖麻 bì má castor-oil plant syn 储量 儲量 chǔ liàng remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc) 油灯 油燈 yóu dēng oil lamp syn 油船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 火上加油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse syn 麻油 má yóu sesame oil syn 油气 油氣 yóu qì oil and gas 豆油 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce 鱼肝油 魚肝油 yú gān yóu cod liver oil 芝麻油 zhī ma yóu sesame oil syn 燃料油 rán liào yóu fuel oil 棕榈油 棕櫚油 zōng lǘ yóu palm oil 色拉油 sè lā yóu salad oil 炼油 煉油 liàn yóu oil refinery 管路 guǎn lù piping (for water, oil, etc) / conduit 榨油 zhà yóu to extract oil from vegetables / to press 雪佛龙 雪佛龍 xuě fó lóng Chevron (oil company) 成品油 chéng pǐn yóu refined oil 精油 jīng yóu essential oil 井喷 井噴 jǐng pēn (oil) blowout / surge / gush 中海油 zhōng hǎi yóu China National Offshore Oil Corporation 钻井 鑽井 zuān jǐng to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole syn 水煮鱼 水煮魚 shuǐ zhǔ yú Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 红油 紅油 hóng yóu chili oil 油罐车 油罐車 yóu guàn chē oil tanker truck / fuel tanker 食油 shí yóu cooking oil syn 石油勘探 shí yóu kān tàn oil exploration 优尼科 優尼科 yōu ní kē Unocal (US oil company) 灯盏 燈盞 dēng zhǎn lantern / uncovered oil lamp syn 火力发电厂 火力發電廠 huǒ lì fā diàn chǎng fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas) syn 油车 oil workover / workover 推油 tuī yóu oil massage 挥发油 揮發油 huī fā yóu volatile oil (in general) / gasoline 缺油 quē yóu oil shortage 清油 qīng yóu vegetable cooking oil syn 裂化 liè huà to crack (fractionally distill oil) syn 李四光 lǐ sì guāng Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration 探勘 tàn kān to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 食物 shí wù food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 调 調 tiáo to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite syn 新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc) / freshness / novel / uncommon syn 美味 měi wèi delicious / delicious food / delicacy syn 食品 shí pǐn foodstuff / food / provisions / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor syn 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 脂肪 zhī fáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) syn 消化 xiāo huà to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process syn