HSK 4 · Places

加油站 jiāyóuzhàn “petrol station” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 加油站 means

  1. petrol station

How to say 加油站

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale加jiā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale油yóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale站zhàn4th tone, falling

加油站 in a sentence

  1. 我们在下个加油站停一下。

    Wǒmen zài xià ge jiāyóuzhàn tíng yíxià.

    Let’s stop at the next petrol station.

    Sentence #333010 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这里附近有没有加油站？

    Zhèlǐ fùjìn yǒu méiyǒu jiāyóuzhàn?

    Is there a petrol station near here?

    Sentence #402310 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 加油站 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 加 (jiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
加jiāto add
  • 力strength · lì
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidStrength 力 added to words 口: to add.

The character 油 (yóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
油yóuoil
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 由cause · yóuSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 由 (yóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with yóu.

The character 站 (zhàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
站zhànstation
  • 立stand · lìMeaning part
  • 占to divine · zhānSound part

立 hints at the meaning (stand); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhàn.

How to write 加油站

加 5 strokes · 油 8 strokes · 站 10 strokes

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加油站 (jiāyóuzhàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 加油站 (jiāyóuzhàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 加油站

Words with 加

加jiā · to add参加cānjiā · participate增加zēngjiā · to raise加班jiābān · to work overtime加油jiāyóu · to cheer on加入jiārù · to join更加gèngjiā · even more加剧jiājù · to intensify施加shījiā · to exert加工jiāgōng · to process

Words with 油

油yóu · oil加油jiāyóu · to cheer on酱油jiàngyóu · soy sauce油炸yóuzhá · to deep fry汽油qìyóu · petrol油腻yóunì · greasy石油shíyóu · oil柴油cháiyóu · diesel油漆yóuqī · paint

Words with 站

车站chēzhàn · rail station火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station站zhàn · stand网站wǎngzhàn · website

More words: Places & Directions

大使馆dàshǐguǎn · embassy地点dìdiǎn · place地址dìzhǐ · address郊区jiāoqū · suburban district客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)入口rùkǒu · entrance首都shǒudū · capital (city)卫生间wèishēngjiān · bathroom

FAQs

加油站 (jiāyóuzhàn) means “petrol station”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiāyóuzhàn: jiā with a 1st tone, then yóu with a 2nd tone, then zhàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 加油站 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiayouzhan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 加油站 from the suggestions. Typing jiayouzhan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
加油站 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.