Chinese symbol for “butter”
黄油
huáng yóu
Traditional: 黃油
butter; measure word: 盒 (hé)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for butter is 黄油 (huáng yóu), defined as: butter; measure word: 盒 (hé).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “butter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛油 | niú yóu | butter; beef tallow |
| 酥油 | sū yóu | butter |
| 奶油 | nǎi yóu | cream; butter |
| 白脱 (白脫) | bái tuō | (loanword) butter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 黄油.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄金 (黃金) | huáng jīn | gold; golden (opportunity) |
| 黄色 (黃色) | huáng sè | yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic |
| 黄昏 (黃昏) | huáng hūn | dusk; evening |
| 黄瓜 (黃瓜) | huáng guā | cucumber; 条 (tiáo) |
| 金黄 (金黃) | jīn huáng | golden yellow; golden |
| 黄牛 (黃牛) | huáng niú | ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 加油 | jiā yóu | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas |
See also: Japanese symbol for “butter”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.