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石油
石油
Etymology
From 石 (shí, “rock”) + 油 (yóu, “oil”), as it is oil found within rock. Compare petroleum which has a near identical etymology.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sek6 jau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa̍k-yù
- Min Nan (POJ): chio̍h-iû
- Wu (Wiktionary): zaq hhieu (T5)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄡˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryou
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
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- Homophones:
石油
食油
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sek6 jau4
- Yale: sehk yàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sek9 jau4
- IPA (key): /sɛːk̚² jɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍k-yù
- Hakka Romanization System: sag iuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sag6 yiu2
- IPA: /sak̚⁵ i̯u¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa̍k-yù
- Hakka Romanization System: sag (r)iuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sag6 yiu2
- IPA: /sak̚⁵ (j)i̯u¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-iû
- Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-iû
- Phofsit Daibuun: cioiq'iuu
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ iu¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ iu²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zaq hhieu (T5)
- IPA (key): /z̻ᴀʔ¹¹ ɦiɜ²³/
- (Shanghainese)