石油 shíyóu oil
oil; petroleum
How to remember 石油: 石 stone + 油 oil = oil.
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How it is used
- Petroleum / crude oil as a commodity - 石油价格 (shíyóu jiàgé) oil prices, 石油公司 (shíyóu gōngsī) oil company.
- The industrial resource; cooking or lubricating oil is just 油 (yóu), gasoline is 汽油 (qìyóu).
- Energy, economics, and geopolitics register.
Example sentences
- 我们国家不缺石油。 Wǒmen guójiā bùquē shíyóu.We are not short of oil in this country.
- 日本的石油依靠进口。 Rìběn de shíyóu yīkào jìnkǒu.Japan depends on other countries for oil.
- 世界上的石油快用完了。 Shìjiè shàng de shíyóu kuàiyòng wán le.The world is running out of oil.