煤油

煤油

Chinese

		coal	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (煤油)		煤	油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méiyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ jau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): mûi-iû / bôe-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méiyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meiyou
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ jau⁴
    • Yale: mùih yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ yeo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /muːy̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-iû
    • Tâi-lô: muî-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'iuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-iû
    • Tâi-lô: buê-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'iuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² iu¹³/

Noun

煤油

1. kerosene; paraffin

Synonyms

• 燈油／灯油 (dēngyóu)
• 火油 (huǒyóu)
• (Cantonese) 火水
• (Min Nan) 塗油／涂油 (túyóu), 臭油, 番仔油, 水油