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石油

shí yóu · shi you

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. oil
  2. petroleum
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  1. Dengdeng

    新闻(xīnwén)说(shuō)，石油(shíyóu)又(yòu)涨价(zhǎngjià)了(le)。

    The news says oil went up in price again.

  2. Liangliang

    石油(shíyóu)涨价(zhǎngjià)，汽油(qìyóu)也(yě)会(huì)涨(zhǎng)吧(ba)？

    If oil goes up, petrol will too, right?

  3. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，开车(kāichē)越来越(yuèláiyuè)贵(guì)了(le)。

    Yes. Driving is getting more and more expensive.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)骑车(qíchē)去(qù)公园(gōngyuán)吧(ba)。

    Then let's cycle to the park.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)的(de)自行车(zìxíngchē)坏(huài)了(le)。

    OK, but my bike is broken.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)走路(zǒulù)吧(ba)，走路(zǒulù)更(gèng)不用(bùyòng)石油(shíyóu)！

    Then let's walk. Walking uses even less oil!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

沙(shā)乌(wū)地(dì)阿(ā)拉(lā)伯(bó)有(yǒu)非(fēi)常(cháng)丰(fēng)富(fù)的(de)石(shí)油(yóu)。

Saudi Arabia is very rich in oil.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)国(guó)家(jiā)的(de)经(jīng)济(jì)主(zhǔ)要(yào)依(yī)靠(kào)石(shí)油(yóu)出(chū)口(kǒu)。

This country's economy mainly depends on oil exports.

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石
dàn

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 (dǒu); one hundred liters; ancient pr. shí

油
yóu

oil; fat

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