柴 chái
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
柴油
cháiyóu
diesel fuel
Characters in this word
油 yóu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 由 cause, reason
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这艘渔船改用低硫柴油，以减少港口附近的污染。 Zhè sōu yúchuán gǎi yòng dīliú cháiyóu, yǐ jiǎnshǎo gǎngkǒu fùjìn de wūrǎn. This fishing boat switched to low-sulphur diesel to reduce pollution near the harbour.
- 这辆卡车烧的是柴油，所以声音特别大。 Zhè liàng kǎchē shāo de shì cháiyóu, suǒyǐ shēngyīn tèbié dà. This truck burns diesel, so it is especially loud.
- 冬天天气太冷，柴油在油箱里差点冻住了。 Dōngtiān tiānqì tài lěng, cháiyóu zài yóuxiāng lǐ chàdiǎn dòngzhù le. The winter was so cold that the diesel almost froze in the tank.