A0 · reviewed · real-chinese
加油！
！ You can do it! / Keep going!Practice path
Make this line survive without the page.
Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.
Current move
Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.
Next加油！ 02 What does 加油！ mean?加油 is encouragement, not a literal fuel request in this context.
PracticeYou can do it! / Keep going! 03 Fill the pinyin for 加油。加 is first tone; 油 is second tone.
Practicejiā yóu 04 Which line encourages someone?Use 加油 to cheer someone on.
Practice加油！Scene
When to use it
Encouraging someone before a test, workout, performance, project, or difficult moment.
Risk
safe
In very serious grief or crisis, use more specific support instead of a cheerful slogan.
Literal
Add oil!
加油 is one of the most common encouragement phrases. The literal translation is nonsense; the social function is the lesson.
Mini dialogue
Hear the social move.
Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.
Contrast
Do not blur these together.
Recall prompts
Check whether it survived.
01 · What does 加油！ mean?
Answer: You can do it! / Keep going!
加油 is encouragement, not a literal fuel request in this context.
Practice this prompt02 · Fill the pinyin for 加油。
Answer: jiā yóu
加 is first tone; 油 is second tone.
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