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石油

petroleum

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

shi2you2 • shíyóu

Meaning

Primary

petroleum

Alternatives

oil

Mnemonic

石油 Petroleum is 油 oil that comes from 石 stone buried in the earth.

Usage

他 在 石油 工業 工作。

He works in the petroleum industry.

我們 去 野外 探測 石油。

We go to the field to search for petroleum.