吃油

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (吃油)		吃	油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihyóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-yu²
    • Yale: chr̄-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyyou
    • Palladius: чию (čiju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ jau⁴
    • Yale: hek yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ jɐu̯²¹/

Verb

吃⫽油 (verb-object)

1. to absorb oil (of food)
2. to guzzle fuel (of a vehicle)

Synonyms

• (to guzzle fuel): 耗油 (hàoyóu); (Hokkien) 食油 (shíyóu)