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
油腻
yóunì
greasy; oily; slick
Characters in this word
腻 nì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 贰 two (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这道菜味道不错，但酱汁过于油腻，吃多了容易发腻。 Zhè dào cài wèidào búcuò, dàn jiàngzhī guòyú yóunì, chī duō le róngyì fānì. This dish tastes good, but the sauce is too greasy, so it becomes cloying if you eat too much.
- 汤太油腻了，我只想再来一碗清淡的面。 Tāng tài yóunì le, wǒ zhǐ xiǎng zài lái yī wǎn qīngdàn de miàn. The soup is too greasy; I would rather just have another bowl of something light, like noodles.
- 医生建议少吃油腻的食物，多吃蔬菜和水果。 Yīshēng jiànyì shǎo chī yóunì de shíwù, duō chī shūcài hé shuǐguǒ. The doctor advises eating less greasy food and more vegetables and fruit.