石油

Chinese

rock; stone; 10 pecks oil; sly
simp. and trad.
(石油)
Literally: “rock oil”.

Etymology

Compare petroleum which has a near identical etymology.

Pronunciation


Noun

石油

  1. oil; petroleum
    石油鑽塔 / 石油钻塔   shíyóu zuàntǎ   oil rig
    石油鑽台 / 石油钻台   shíyóu zuàntái   oil rig
    鄜延境內石油高奴脂水 [MSC, trad.]
    鄜延境内石油高奴脂水 [MSC, simp.]
    From: 宋·沈括《夢溪筆談•雜志一》
    Fūyán jìngnèi yǒu shíyóu, jiù shuō Gāonú Xiàn chū zhīshuǐ, jí cǐ yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せき
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

石油 (hiragana せきゆ, rōmaji sekiyu)

  1. oil, petroleum
  2. kerosene

Synonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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