石油 shíyóu▶ petróleo

Stroke order

石油 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 石 — 5 strokes
• 油 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. oil
2. petroleum

Related words

• 化石Fósil
• 岩石roca
• 柴油gasóleo
• 油漆pintar
• 油腻grasiento
• 钻石Diamantes

石油 is pronounced shíyóu and means “petróleo”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 石油 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.