Oil, Petroleum

油 Oil

Pronunciation:
you ( Putonghua, 2nd tone ).
yau ( Catonese 4th tone ).

Meaning: oil, petroleum.

牛油 ( niu you ) cow + oil = butter.
豬油 ( zhu you ) pig + oil = lard.
棷欖油 ( gan lan you ) olive oil.

石油 ( shi you ) Petroleum stone + oil, Latin "petro" = stone.
天然氣 ( tian ran qi ) natural gas.
氣油 ( qi you ) Petrol/gas for cars gas + oil.
液化石油氣 ( yi hua shi you qi ) LPG = liquefied petroleum gas.
西氣東輸 ( xi qi dong shu ) west gas east send refers to China's West East Gas Pipeline.

歐佩克 ( ou pei ke ) transliteration of " OPEC" ( Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ).
油盟( you meng ) petroleum alliance.

by: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄