HSK 6 · Nature

石油 shíyóu “oil” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 石油 means

  1. oil
  2. petroleum

How to say 石油

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale石shí2nd 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

石油 in a sentence

  1. 世界上的石油快用完了。

    Shìjiè shang de shíyóu kuài yòngwán le.

    The world is running out of oil.

    Sentence #902934 from Tatoeba

  2. 日本的石油依靠进口。

    Rìběn de shíyóu yīkào jìnkǒu.

    Japan relies on imports for its oil.

    Sentence #343364 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我为一家石油公司工作。

    Wǒ wèi yì jiā shíyóu gōngsī gōngzuò.

    I work for an oil company.

    Sentence #860959 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 石油 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 石 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
石shírock
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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 石油

石 5 strokes · 油 8 strokes

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

Words related to 石油

Words with 石

石头shítou · stone化石huàshí · fossil岩石yánshí · rock钻石zuànshí · diamond

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柴油cháiyóu · diesel油漆yóuqī · paint

More words: Nature & Environment

生存shēngcún · to survive盛开shèngkāi · to be in full bloom生态shēngtài · ecology生物shēngwù · living thing水利shuǐlì · water conservancy饲养sìyǎng · to raise台风táifēng · typhoon天然气tiānránqì · natural gas

FAQs

石油 (shíyóu) means “oil” or “petroleum”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shíyóu: shí 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. 石油 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shiyou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 石油 from the suggestions. Typing shiyou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
石油 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.