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燃油

rányóu

fuel oil; fuel

A red nozzle fills a cream delivery truck at a roadside pump
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Characters in this word

燃 rán

Strokes
16
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 然 certainly
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 燃

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

  • 燃油价格上涨,直接推高了物流企业的运营成本。 Rányóu jiàgé shàngzhǎng, zhíjiē tuīgāo le wùliú qǐyè de yùnyíng chéngběn. Rising fuel prices have directly pushed up the operating costs of logistics companies.
  • 这辆卡车加满燃油后可以连续行驶八百公里。 Zhè liàng kǎchē jiā mǎn rányóu hòu kěyǐ liánxù xíngshǐ bābǎi gōnglǐ. After filling up with fuel, this truck can keep going for eight hundred kilometers.
  • 燃油不足时,仪表盘上的警示灯会自动亮起。 Rányóu bùzú shí, yíbiǎopán shàng de jǐngshìdēng huì zìdòng liàngqǐ. When the fuel is low, the warning light on the dashboard lights up automatically.

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