yuán
yóu

technical
common

Meaning of 原油

原油 means crude oil; petroleum as extracted from the ground, before refining. Pronounced yuán yóu.

  • crude oil; petroleum as extracted from the ground, before refining

Definitions & Examples

Zhōng
dōng
shèng
chǎn
yuán
yóu
 

The Middle East is rich in crude oil.

Guó
yuán
yóu
jià
shàng
zhāng
dǎo
zhì
yóu
biàn
guì
 

Rising international crude oil prices have made gasoline more expensive.

Zhè
jiā
liàn
yóu
chǎng
měi
tiān
jiā
gōng
shù
shí
wàn
tǒng
yuán
yóu
 

This refinery processes hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil every day.

Measure Words

/ tǒng
Primary
/ dūn
/ shēng