油性 (yóuxìng): oily (skin, hair, etc.)

Meanings

1 oily (skin, hair, etc.)
2 oil-based

Characters

油

Examples

我是油性皮肤，容易长痘。

Wǒ shì yóuxìng pífū, róngyì zhǎng dòu.

I have oily skin, so I break out easily.

这支笔用的是油性墨水。

Zhè zhī bǐ yòng de shì yóuxìng mòshuǐ.

This pen uses oil-based ink.

Tips

usage

Most common in two combinations: 油性皮肤 'oily skin' (in cosmetics) and 油性墨水/油性笔 'oil-based ink / permanent marker' (in stationery). Its opposite is 干性 (gānxìng, 'dry') for skin and 水性 (shuǐxìng, 'water-based') for ink.