Chinese symbol for “sludge”
油污
yóu wū
greasy dirt; sludge (from an oil spill)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sludge is 油污 (yóu wū), defined as: greasy dirt; sludge (from an oil spill).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sludge”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 油污.
| 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 |
| 污染 | wū rǎn | (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate |
| 贪污 (貪污) | tān wū | to be corrupt; corruption |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sludge”.
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.