Chinese symbol for “grease”
油脂
yóu zhī
grease; oil; fat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grease is 油脂 (yóu zhī), defined as: grease; oil; fat.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “grease”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 油水 | yóu shuǐ | grease; profit |
| 涂油 (塗油) | tú yóu | to grease; to oil |
| 油 | yóu | oil; fat |
| 膏 | gào | to moisten; to grease |
| 脂膏 | zhī gāo | fat; grease |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 油脂.
| 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 |
| 脂肪 | zhī fáng | fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) |
| 树脂 (樹脂) | shù zhī | resin |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grease”.
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.