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
油漆
yóuqī
paint; to paint
Characters in this word
漆 qī
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 桼 the varnish tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 墙上的油漆已经剥落，显露出潮湿的旧砖面。 Qiáng shàng de yóuqī yǐjīng bōluò, xiǎnlù chū cháoshī de jiù zhuānmiàn. The paint on the wall has already peeled off, revealing the damp old brick surface.
- 这面墙刚刷过油漆，家具最好过几天再搬进来。 Zhè miàn qiáng gāng shuā guò yóuqī, jiājù zuìhǎo guò jǐ tiān zài bān jìnlái. This wall has just been painted, so it is best to move the furniture in a few days later.
- 新家具的油漆味很重，我们先把窗户打开通风。 Xīn jiājù de yóuqī wèi hěn zhòng, wǒmen xiān bǎ chuānghu dǎkāi tōngfēng. The new furniture smells strongly of paint, so let us open the windows to air the room first.