柏油

bǎiyóu

noun #22,272

Meanings

1 asphalt
2 tar
3 pitch

Characters

cypress (phonetic borrowing for tar)

Examples

HSK 5

柏油路在夏天会变得很软。

Bǎiyóu lù zài xiàtiān huì biàn de hěn ruǎn.

Asphalt roads can become very soft in summer.

HSK 7-9

路面铺了新的柏油。

Lùmiàn pū le xīn de bǎiyóu.

The road surface was laid with fresh asphalt.

Tips

memory

柏 (bǎi) means cypress but here it is a phonetic borrowing. 柏油路 (bǎiyóulù) = tarmac road is the most common compound.

Stroke Order

柏 bǎi

油 yóu