Chinese symbol for “tanker”
油轮
yóu lún
Traditional: 油輪
tanker (ship); measure word: 艘 (sōu)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tanker is 油轮 (yóu lún), defined as: tanker (ship); measure word: 艘 (sōu).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tanker”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 油轮.
| 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 |
| 轮胎 (輪胎) | lún tāi | tire; pneumatic tire |
| 一轮 (一輪) | yī lún | first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tanker”.
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.
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