油条
yóu tiáo
Pinyin

Definition

油条
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yóu tiáo
  1. youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
  2. CL:根[gēn]
  3. slick and sly person

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

加油
jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil
  2. 2 to top up with gas
  3. 3 to refuel
  4. 4 to accelerate
  5. 5 to step on the gas
  6. 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
  7. 7 to cheer sb on
油
yóu
  1. 1 oil
  2. 2 fat
  3. 3 grease
  4. 4 petroleum
  5. 5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. 6 oily
  7. 7 greasy
  8. 8 glib
  9. 9 cunning
加油站
jiā yóu zhàn
  1. 1 gas station
原油
yuán yóu
  1. 1 crude oil
奶油
nǎi yóu
  1. 1 cream
  2. 2 butter
指甲油
zhǐ jia yóu
  1. 1 nail polish
柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán
  1. 1 lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
  2. 2 fig. life's daily necessities
植物油
zhí wù yóu
  1. 1 vegetable oil
橄榄油
gǎn lǎn yóu
  1. 1 olive oil
机油
jī yóu
  1. 1 engine oil
汽油
qì yóu
  1. 1 gasoline
油价
yóu jià
  1. 1 oil (petroleum) price
油光
yóu guāng
  1. 1 glossy
  2. 2 gleaming
  3. 3 shiny (due to greasiness)
  4. 4 slick
  5. 5 greasy
  6. 6 oily
油条
yóu tiáo
  1. 1 youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
  3. 3 slick and sly person
油漆
yóu qī
  1. 1 oil paints
  2. 2 lacquer
  3. 3 to paint
  4. 4 CL:層|层[céng]
油炸
yóu zhá
  1. 1 to deep fry
油田
yóu tián
  1. 1 oil field
油画
yóu huà
  1. 1 oil painting
油脂
yóu zhī
  1. 1 grease
  2. 2 oil
  3. 3 fat
油腻
yóu nì
  1. 1 grease
  2. 2 greasy food
  3. 3 oily
  4. 4 rich (of food)
  5. 5 fatty
  6. 6 greasy and dirty
  7. 7 a slippery character

Idioms (5)

油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn
  1. 1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
  2. 2 lustrous
油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
  1. 1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
  2. 2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
滚油煎心
gǔn yóu jiān xīn
  1. 1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
  1. 1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse

Sample Sentences

炸油条
zhá yóutiáo
to fry bread sticks
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我经常换花样。有的时候吃包子，有时吃大饼油条。你喜欢吃什么？
wǒ jīngcháng huàn huāyàng 。yǒudeshíhou chī bāozi ，yǒushí chī dàbǐng yóutiáo 。nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme ？
I often change and try different things. Sometimes I eat steamed buns, sometimes I eat Chinese flat cake with deep fried dough stick. What do you like to eat?
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油条吃吗？
yóutiáo chī ma ？
What about some fried dough sticks?
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