煤油

méiyóu

noun #24,232

Meanings

1 kerosene
2 paraffin oil

Characters

Examples

他用煤油灯照亮了整个房间。

Tāyòng méiyóu dēng zhàoliàng le zhěnggè fángjiān.

He lit the whole room with a kerosene lamp.

农村地区以前常用煤油做燃料。

Nóngcūn dìqū yǐqián chángyòng méiyóu zuò ránliào.

Rural areas previously often used kerosene as fuel.

Tips

memory

煤 means 'coal' and 油 means 'oil' — kerosene was historically associated with coal distillation, hence 'coal oil'.

Stroke Order

煤 méi

油 yóu