油葵

yóukuí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 oil sunflower (sunflower grown for oil)

Examples

HSK 6
Zhè zhǒng yóukuí de chū yóu lǜ bǐjiào gāo.
This variety of oil sunflower has a relatively high oil yield.
HSK 7-9
Xīnjiāng dàpiàn dàpiàn de yóukuí tián hěn zhuàngguān.
Xinjiang's vast oil-sunflower fields are spectacular.

Tips

usage
Cultivated sunflower bred for pressing oil rather than snacking. Smaller seeds, thinner shells, higher oil content than the edible 'snack' sunflower (食葵).

Stroke Order

油 yóu
葵 kuí