HSK 6 · Objects

柴油 cháiyóu “diesel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 柴油 means

  1. diesel
  2. diesel fuel

How to say 柴油

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale柴chái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale油yóu2nd tone, rising

柴油 in a sentence

  1. 这个取暖装置用柴油作为燃料。

    Zhè ge qǔnuǎn zhuāngzhì yòng cháiyóu zuòwéi ránliào.

    This heater runs on diesel.

    Sentence #829651 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 柴油 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 柴 (chái) with each of its parts in a different colour
柴cháifirewood
  • 此this · cǐSound part
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 此 (cǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with chái.

The character 油 (yóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
油yóuoil
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 由cause · yóuSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 由 (yóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with yóu.

How to write 柴油

柴 10 strokes · 油 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

柴油 (cháiyóu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 柴油 (cháiyóu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 柴油

Words with 柴

火柴huǒchái · match (for lighting fire)

Words with 油

油yóu · oil加油jiāyóu · to cheer on加油站jiāyóuzhàn · petrol station酱油jiàngyóu · soy sauce油炸yóuzhá · to deep fry汽油qìyóu · petrol油腻yóunì · greasy石油shíyóu · oil油漆yóuqī · paint

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FAQs

柴油 (cháiyóu) means “diesel” or “diesel fuel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cháiyóu: chái with a 2nd tone, then yóu with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 柴油 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chaiyou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 柴油 from the suggestions. Typing chaiyou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
柴油 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.