(jiā yóu) - come on, keep it up; to refuel in Mandarin

jiāyóu

Traditional: 加油

HSK 4

#689 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

come on, keep it up; to refuel

Word origin

加油 literally means 'add oil/fuel': 加 (jiā, 'to add') plus 油 (yóu, 'oil', with 氵the water radical and 由 yóu as phonetic). It is used both literally for refuelling and as a cheer of encouragement.

Origin: compound
Root: 加 (jiā, to add) + 油 (yóu, oil: 氵water + 由 phonetic)

Stroke order

加

油

Examples

！。

Come on! You can do it.

。

We need to refuel.

！

Go China team!

，！

Exam tomorrow, good luck!

喊hǎn。

The teammates cheered together.

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This word is part of lesson 14.