Chinese symbol for “oily”
油滑
yóu huá
oily; greasy; unctuous; slippery (character)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for oily is 油滑 (yóu huá), defined as: oily; greasy; unctuous; slippery (character).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “oily”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 油 | yóu | oil; fat |
| 油油 | yóu yóu | oily |
| 润滑 (潤滑) | rùn huá | smooth; oily |
| 油光 | yóu guāng | glossy; gleaming |
| 油腔滑调 (油腔滑調) | yóu qiāng huá diào | flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech); glib-tongued |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 油滑.
| 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 |
| 下滑 | xià huá | to slide down (a slope etc); (fig.) to decline |
| 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “oily”.
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.