Chinese edit

rock; stone; 10 pecks oil; sly
simp. and trad.
(石油)
Literally: “rock oil”.

Etymology edit

Recorded in the writings of Shen Kuo in the 11th century. Compare petroleum with a nearly identical word-formation.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (25) (36)
Final () (123) (136)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyek yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/ /jɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛk̚/ /jiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæk̚/ /iəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajk̚/ /juw/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛk̚/ /iu/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛk̚/ /jĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛk̚/ /i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shí yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sik6 jau4

Noun edit

石油

  1. oil; petroleum
    石油鑽塔石油钻塔  ―  shíyóu zuàntǎ  ―  oil rig
    石油鑽台石油钻台  ―  shíyóu zuàntái  ―  oil rig
  2. (dated or dialectal) kerosene
  3. (Xiang, dated) petrol

Synonyms edit

  • (kerosene):
  • (petrol):

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (石油):
  • Japanese: (せき)() (sekiyu)
  • Korean: 석유(石油) (seogyu)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
せき
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun edit

(せき)() (sekiyu

  1. oil, petroleum
  2. kerosene

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

石油 (seogyu) (hangeul 석유)

  1. Hanja form? of 석유 (petroleum).