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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 加油

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
加油 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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 717 1,441 355

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiā- Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1na2da4])
- surname Jia
jiā- to add
- (math.) plus
- to increase; to augment
- (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1jia1 gai3liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
yóu- oil
- fat
- grease
- petroleum
- to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
- oily
- greasy
- glib
- cunning

Other Words Containing 加油

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
加油 - 2 717 1,441 355
加油站 4 4 5,920 9,776 13,663
火上加油 - - 40,544 70,488 66,566