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asphalt

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

bo2you2 bóyóu

Meaning


Primary

asphalt

Alternatives

tar

Mnemonic


柏油 Asphalt is a black sticky substance used for paving roads that resembles the 油 oil extracted from a 柏 cypress tree, apparently.

Usage


一 條 長長 的 柏油 路。

A long asphalt road.

工人們 正在 修補 柏油 路面。

The workers are repairing the asphalt road.

夏天 的 太陽 把 柏油 路 照 得 很 熱。

The summer sun heats up the asphalt road.