油腻腻

油膩膩
yóunìnì
adjective #47,308

Meanings

  1. 1 greasy all over
  2. 2 unpleasantly oily

Examples

HSK 3
Pánzi yóunìnì de, yào yòng rèshuǐ xǐ.
The plates are all greasy, so wash them with hot water.
HSK 3
Tā de tóufa hǎojǐ tiān méi xǐ le, kàn shangqu yóunìnì de.
His hair hasn't been washed for days and looks greasy.

Tips

grammar
An ABB adjective: 油 'oil' with the doubled 腻 'greasy' makes the description vivid and a little unpleasant. Like other ABB words it takes 的 and never 很: say 油腻腻的, not 很油腻腻.

Stroke Order

油 yóu
腻 nì