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- to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel
- to accelerate; to step on the gas
- (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
- Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan
Trad. 曬油
- (Malaysia) thick soy sauce (used to give food a glossy, caramel-like color)
- Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979)
Trad. 油膩
- greasy food; oily food
- (of food) greasy; oily; fatty
- (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar
- oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
- rape greens; leafy greens of certain Brassica species
- (dialect) bok choy
- tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
- to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain
- to grope a woman or girl
- to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer
- CPC Corporation, a state-owned petroleum company in Taiwan (abbr. for 台灣中油|台湾中油[Tai2 wan1 Zhong1 you2])
Trad. 撈油水
- (coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
Trad. 萬金油
- Tiger Balm, an ointment applied topically to treat all manner of aches and pains
- (fig.) (coll.) jack of all trades
- Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan
Trad. 風油精
- essential balm containing menthol, eucalyptus oil etc, used as a mosquito repellant
Trad. 菠蘿油
- pineapple bun 菠蘿包|菠萝包[bo1 luo2 bao1] with a slice of butter inserted
- (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage
- children by a previous marriage