采油 採油 cǎi yóu oil extraction / oil recovery 香油 xiāng yóu sesame oil / perfumed oil syn 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 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 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 桶 tǒng bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] 火上浇油 火上澆油 huǒ shàng jiāo yóu to pour oil on the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse syn 添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù lit. to add oil and vinegar / fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting) syn 炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks syn 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 椰油 yē yóu coconut oil 油汪汪 yóu wāng wāng dripping with oil syn 炼化 煉化 liàn huà to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) syn 油桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) syn 地沟油 地溝油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 中国海洋石油总公司 中國海洋石油總公司 zhōng guó hǎi yáng shí yóu zǒng gōng sī CNOOC / China National Offshore Oil Corporation 涂油 塗油 tú yóu to grease / to oil / to baste (cookery) 羊毛脂 yáng máo zhī lanolin / wool oil 油砂 yóu shā oil sand (mining) 油页岩 油頁岩 yóu yè yán oil shale 蓖 bì the castor-oil plant 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 俾夜作昼 俾夜作晝 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard 焚膏继晷 焚膏繼晷 fén gāo jì guǐ to burn the midnight oil (idiom) / to work continuously night and day syn 大麻油 cannabis oil / marijuana oil / liquid hashish / liquid cannabis / hashish oil / cured cannabis 胡椒薄荷 hú jiāo bò he peppermint 食物油 shí wù yóu cooking oil / food oil 合作抗治大加勒比区域浮油议定书 合作抗治大加勒比區域浮油議定書 Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean Region / Oil Spills Protocol 艾叶油 艾葉油 ài yè yóu mugwort leaf oil (TCM) / also called wormwood leaf oil / Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi 