植物牛油

zhíwù niúyóu

noun

Meanings

1 margarine
2 vegetable-based butter substitute

Characters

thing, material

Examples

HSK 4

她改用植物牛油烤面包。

Tā gǎiyòng zhíwù niúyóu kǎo miànbāo.

She switched to using margarine when baking bread.

HSK 6

植物牛油的脂肪含量比牛油低。

Zhíwù niúyóu de zhīfáng hánliàng bǐ niúyóu dī.

Margarine has a lower fat content than butter.

Tips

usage

牛油 (literally 'cow oil') is the Cantonese/Hong Kong word for butter. 植物牛油 is therefore literally 'vegetable butter'. Mainland speakers more often use 黄油 for butter and 人造黄油 ('artificial butter') or 麦淇淋 (transliteration) for margarine.

Stroke Order

植 zhí

物 wù

牛 niú

油 yóu