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加油 (jiā yóu): meaning and stroke order

加油 (jiā yóu) means to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel, to accelerate; to step on the gas.

加油

Simplified
加油
Traditional
加油 (same form)
Pinyin
jiā yóu

Stroke order of 加油

加

  • Jiā Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
  • jiā to add; (math.) plus
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

油

  • yóu oil; fat
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 加油

  1. jiā yóu
    • 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

Radicals of the characters

加
Radical 力 (Kangxi radical 19) · 5 strokes · 力 on the left, 口 on the right
油
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 8 strokes · 氵 on the left, 由 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

加油 in our stories

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  • 前半程，殷悦跑得很轻松，甚至有心情看路边的风景，跟加油的小朋友击掌。

    qián bànchéng Yīn Yuè pǎo de hěn qīngsōng shènzhì yǒu xīnqíng kàn lùbiān de fēngjǐng gēn jiāyóu de xiǎopéngyou jīzhǎng

    In the first half Yin Yue ran easily, even finding time to enjoy the scenery and high-five the children cheering by the road.

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 加油

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).