油污

yóuwū
noun #31,856

Meanings

  1. 1 greasy dirt
  2. 2 oil stain
  3. 3 oil sludge (from a spill)

Examples

HSK 5
Chúfáng de yóuwū hěn nán qīnglǐ.
The greasy dirt in the kitchen is hard to clean.
HSK 7-9
Hǎimiàn shàng piāo zhe dàpiàn yóuwū.
Large patches of oil sludge are floating on the sea.

Tips

usage
油污 covers two registers: domestic (kitchen grime, oily fingerprints on a wall) and environmental (oil spill, industrial sludge). For cleaning products you'll see 去油污 (qùyóuwū, 'degreasing'); for environmental contexts pair with 海洋 (ocean) or 泄漏 (leakage).

Stroke Order

yóu