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油油

Mandarin · pinyin yóu yóu

oily

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油: yóu · oil, fat, grease, lard; paints

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2–2 · you2 you2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jau4 jau2

Cantonese word readings for 油油. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj · Etymology 1

(literary) shiny; glossy
(literary) flowing smoothly and incessantly
(literary) luxuriant and dense
(literary) many
(literary) deferential; respectful
(literary) leisurely
(literary) worried

verb · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) to paint; to apply paint

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