vegetable oil; cooking oil
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1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
vegetable oil used for cooking; edible vegetable oil
Also called 清油 (qīngyóu) in some regions. Distinguished from 荤油 (animal fat/lard).
Chǎo炒
cài菜
zuì最
hǎo好
yòng用
sù素
yóu油
，
jiàn健
kāng康
yòu又
qīng清
dàn淡
。
It's best to use vegetable oil for stir-frying—it's healthy and light.
Mā妈
ma妈
qù去
chāo超
shì市
mǎi买
le了
liǎng两
píng瓶
sù素
yóu油
。
Mom went to the supermarket and bought two bottles of cooking oil.
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Zài在
zhè这
gè个
dì地
qū区
，
rén人
men们
xí习
guàn惯
bǎ把
sù素
yóu油
jiào叫
zuò做
qīng清
yóu油
。
In this region, people are used to calling vegetable oil 'qingyou'.