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加油

jiā yóu 1–2

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

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
加 · 油
Syllables
2
jiā yóu
Frequency
Common
corpus count 1,078

Part of speech: v,vn

Character by character

  • 加jiā5 strokesHSK 2add to, increase, augment
  • 油yóu8 strokesHSK 2oil, fat, grease, lard; paints

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 加油. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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