加油
jiāyóu
to keep going; to refuel
Characters in this word
油 yóu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 由 cause, reason
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 加油，你行！ Jiāyóu, nǐ xíng! Keep going, you can do it!
- 我们一起加油。 Wǒmen yìqǐ jiāyóu. Let us try hard together.
- 车要加油。 Chē yào jiāyóu. The car needs fuel.