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加油站

jiāyóuzhàn

gas station

HSK 4 · Topic “On the road”
A car beside a fuel pump
Memory picture

Characters in this word

加 jiā

Strokes
5
Radical
力 — strength, power
Made of
力 strength, power 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

站 zhàn

Strokes
10
Radical
立 — to stand
Made of
立 to stand 占 to divine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 加油站在前面。 Jiāyóuzhàn zài qiánmiàn. The gas station is ahead.
  • 我去加油站。 Wǒ qù jiāyóuzhàn. I am going to the gas station.
  • 加油站很近。 Jiāyóuzhàn hěn jìn. The gas station is very close.

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