Chinese symbol for “kerosene”
煤油
méi yóu
kerosene
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kerosene is 煤油 (méi yóu), defined as: kerosene.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “kerosene”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 煤油.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煤炭 | méi tàn | coal |
| 煤矿 (煤礦) | méi kuàng | coal mine; coal seam |
| 煤气 (煤氣) | méi qì | coal gas; gas (fuel) |
| 燃煤 | rán méi | coal fuel |
| 煤田 | méi tián | a coalfield |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kerosene”.
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.