黃油

See also: 黄油

Chinese

		yellow	oil; sly
trad. (黃油)		黃	油
simp. (黄油)		黄	油

Etymology

"eroge"

Pun on 黃遊／黄游 (huáng yóu), short for 黃色遊戲／黄色游戏 (huángsè yóuxì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángyóu
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-yu²
    • Yale: hwáng-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangyou
    • Palladius: хуанъю (xuanʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ jau⁴
    • Yale: wòhng yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

黃油

1. grease
2. butter
3. (ACG, neologism, slang) eroge

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奶油 (“butter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	奶油
	Xining	酥油
	Wuhan	巴得油
	Malaysia	牛油
	Singapore	牛油
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛油
	Hong Kong	牛油
	Dongguan	牛油
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牛油
	Singapore (Guangfu)	牛油
Hakka	Xingning	牛油
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白塔, 乳油
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	白塔, 乳油
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	白塔, 乳油
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	白塔, 乳油
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	乳油, 白塔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	乳油, 白塔
Jin	Taiyuan	黃油
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛奶油
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛油
	Quanzhou	牛油
	Zhangzhou	牛油
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	bá-tah
	Penang (Hokkien)	牛油
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牛油
	Manila (Hokkien)	牛油
	Jieyang	牛油
	Singapore (Teochew)	牛油
Wu	Shanghai	白脫油, 白脫
	Ningbo	白脫

• (eroge): 小黃油／小黄油

Derived terms

• 人造黃油／人造黄油 (rénzào huángyóu)
• 植物黃油／植物黄油 (zhíwù huángyóu)