汽油味

qìyóuwèi

noun #34,170

Meanings

1 smell of gasoline
2 petrol odor

Characters

Examples

车库里有一股汽油味。

Chēkù lǐ yǒu yì gǔ qìyóu wèi.

There's a smell of gasoline in the garage.

他的衣服上沾了汽油味。

Tā de yīfu shàng zhān le qìyóu wèi.

His clothes have picked up a gasoline smell.

我闻到了浓浓的汽油味。

Wǒ wén dào le nóng nóng de qìyóu wèi.

I smelled a strong odor of gasoline.

Tips

usage

汽油 (gasoline) + 味 (smell/taste) — Chinese productively forms 'X smell' compounds: 烟味 (smoke smell), 香水味 (perfume smell), 汗味 (sweat smell). The pattern means a smell can be referred to by a single noun rather than 'the smell of X'.

Stroke Order

汽 qì

油 yóu

味 wèi