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油膩

简油腻 · 繁油膩

Mandarin · pinyin yóu nì

greasy food; oily food
(of food) greasy; oily; fatty
(neologism, attested by 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar

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油: yóu · oil, fat, grease, lard; paints
膩: Look up this written character
腻: nì · greasy, oily, dirty; smooth

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2–4 · you2 ni4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jau4 nei6

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adj

greasy; fatty; oily
(slang, neologism, especially of a middle-aged man's appearance or beheaviour) creepy; dirty; filthy; lewd

noun

greasy food; fatty food; oily food
grease

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