紅油

Chinese

		red	oil; paint
trad. (紅油)		紅	油
simp. (红油)		红	油

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngyóu
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-yu²
    • Yale: húng-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngyou
    • Palladius: хунъю (xunʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ jau⁴
    • Yale: hùhng yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ jɐu̯²¹/

Noun

紅油

1. (dialectal Mandarin) chili oil

   紅油抄手／红油抄手  ―  hóngyóu chāoshǒu  ―  chili oil dumplings

Synonyms

• 辣油 (làyóu)
• 辣椒油 (làjiāoyóu)

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ jau^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ jau^4-2
    • Yale: hùhng yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ jau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ yeo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

紅油

1. (Cantonese) red paint

   淋紅油／淋红油 [Cantonese]  ―  lam⁴ hung⁴ jau^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to daub with red paint (as a way to threaten loan shark victims)