加油站

jiāyóuzhàn

noun HSK 4 #5,920

Measure Word

一座加油站 zuò

Meanings

1 gas station; petrol station

Characters

Literally 'add oil station'

Examples

前面有加油站吗？

Qiánmiàn yǒu jiāyóuzhàn ma?

Is there a gas station up ahead?

我们需要去加油站加油。

Wǒmen xūyào qù jiāyóuzhàn jiāyóu.

We need to go to the gas station to fill up.

Tips

culture

加油 literally means 'add oil/gas' but is famously used as encouragement meaning 'go for it!' or 'you can do it!'. 加油站 keeps the literal meaning.

Stroke Order

加 jiā

油 yóu

站 zhàn