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Chinese symbol for “lard”

猪油
zhū yóu
Traditional: 豬油
lard

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lard is 猪油 (zhū yóu), defined as: lard.

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Characters and stroke order

猪 zhū
pig, hog, wild boar
radical 94 ⽝ · 12 strokes
油 yóu
oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lard”

WordPinyinMeaning
大油dà yóulard
荤油 (葷油)hūn yóulard; animal fat

Related words

Other words that share a character with 猪油.

WordPinyinMeaning
猪肉 (豬肉)zhū ròupork
猪头 (豬頭)zhū tóupig head; (coll.) fool
生猪 (生豬)shēng zhūlive pig; pig on the hoof
野猪 (野豬)yě zhūwild boar (Sus scrofa); 头 (tóu)
猪瘟 (豬瘟)zhū wēnswine fever
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas
汽油qì yóugasoline

See also: Japanese symbol for “lard”.

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.