加油站
gas station; petrol station
jiāyóuzhàn
What does 加油站 mean?
加油站 (jiāyóuzhàn) is a noun meaning 'gas station / petrol station' — the place where you refuel a vehicle. It is a transparent compound: 加 ('add') + 油 ('oil/fuel') + 站 ('station'), literally 'add-fuel station.' The core verb phrase 加油 (jiāyóu) means 'to fill up with fuel,' and learners will recognize that same 加油 as the wildly common cheer 'go! / you can do it!'
(a metaphor of adding fuel to someone's effort) — but 加油站 only ever means the physical refueling station. For electric-vehicle charging stations, Chinese uses a different word: 充电站 (chōngdiànzhàn). English speakers sometimes overthink this one; it maps cleanly to 'gas station' with no register surprises.
Character breakdown
to add
oil; fuel
station; stop
Memory hook: 'Add-fuel station' — 加 (add) + 油 (fuel) + 站 (station) spells out exactly what a gas station does.
Measure word for 加油站
Example sentences
前面有一个加油站，我们去加油吧。
Qiánmiàn yǒu yí gè jiāyóuzhàn, wǒmen qù jiāyóu ba.
There's a gas station ahead, let's go fill up.
spoken
请问最近的加油站在哪儿？
Qǐngwèn zuìjìn de jiāyóuzhàn zài nǎr?
Excuse me, where is the nearest gas station?
spoken
这家加油站二十四小时营业。
Zhè jiā jiāyóuzhàn èrshísì xiǎoshí yíngyè.
This gas station is open 24 hours.
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Common phrases with 加油站
Don't confuse 加油站 with
加油 alone means either 'to refuel' or the cheer 'go for it!' 加油站 is specifically the gas station building. Don't shout 加油站 to cheer someone on.
充电站 is an EV charging station (充电 'to charge electricity'). 加油站 is for petrol/diesel vehicles. As electric cars spread, keeping these apart matters.
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