油管

yóuguǎn

noun #22,835

Measure Word

一根油管 gēn

Meanings

1 oil pipe
2 oil tube
3 YouTube

Characters

tube; pipe; to manage

Examples

HSK 4

他在油管上看了很多学中文的视频。

Tā zài yóuguǎn shàng kàn le hěnduō xué Zhōngwén de shìpín.

He watched a lot of Chinese-learning videos on YouTube.

HSK 7-9

工人正在铺设新的油管。

Gōngrén zhèngzài pūshè xīn de yóuguǎn.

Workers are laying new oil pipes.

Tips

usage

油管 as slang for YouTube (油 = oil, 管 = tube, so oil tube, YouTube) is widely used in mainland Chinese internet culture. The official transliteration is 优兔 but 油管 is the dominant informal term.

Stroke Order

油 yóu

管 guǎn