打油

dǎyóu
  1. (Mainland China) to polish (leather)
  2. Referring to culinary oil.
  3. Referring to fuel oil, either to fill in a container or (Malaysia, Singapore) to refuel a vehicle.
  4. to polish (leather)
  5. to squeeze and extract oil
  6. to withdraw oil; (metonymic) to buy unpackaged oil

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 打 dá
  1. (loanword) dozen
  2. Taiwan pr. dǎ
=1 打 dǎ
  1. a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 dǎsǎn "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 dǎdiànhuà "to make a phone call", 打针 dǎzhēn "to get an injection", 打手套 dǎshǒutào "to knit gloves", 打气 dǎqì "to inflate")
  2. to hit; to strike
  3. to fight
  4. (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 dǎnàyǐhòu "since then")
=2 油 yóu
  1. oil
  2. fat
  3. grease
  4. petroleum
  5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. oily
  7. greasy
  8. glib
  9. cunning
=2 油 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 釉 (yòu, “to glaze”)
  2. alternative form of 釉 (yòu, “to glaze”)
  3. used in 浩油

Containing this entry

打油诗 dǎyóushī
  1. humorous poem
  2. limerick