加油

加油 jiāyóu in a sentence

Refuel (make extra effort)

Full dictionary entry 2 sentences

加油 (jiāyóu) means Refuel (make extra effort). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

前面有一个 加油 站。

Qiánmiàn yǒu yí ge jiāyóuzhàn.

There is a petrol station up ahead.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 加油站

我们在 加油 站停一下。

Wǒmen zài jiāyóuzhàn tíng yíxià.

Let us stop at the petrol station for a moment.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 加油站

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How is 加油 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 加油 (jiāyóu, "Refuel (make extra effort)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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