Chinese symbol for “glossy”
油光
yóu guāng
glossy; gleaming; shiny (due to greasiness); slick
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glossy is 油光 (yóu guāng), defined as: glossy; gleaming; shiny (due to greasiness); slick; greasy; oily.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “glossy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 润 (潤) | rùn | moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate |
| 油亮 | yóu liàng | glossy; shiny |
| 光润 (光潤) | guāng rùn | glossy; lustrous |
| 油光光 | yóu guāng guāng | glossy; gleaming |
| 滑溜溜 | huá liū liū | smooth; slick |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 油光.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 汽油 | qì yóu | gasoline |
| 原油 | yuán yóu | crude oil |
| 柴油机 (柴油機) | chái yóu jī | diesel engine |
| 油价 (油價) | yóu jià | oil (petroleum) price |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 曝光 | bào guāng | to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “glossy”.
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.