Add Oil

What is Add Oil?


1.

keep going, a form of encouragement

Add oil, you can do it!

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2.

It's a cheering exclamation in Cantonese. It's actually pronounced "Ka-yow"! Which in turn means add oil, not literally!

Add oil in doing your essays!

3.

A Chinese expression of encouragement, often heard during sporting events or right before exams.

Chinese: 加油

Mandarin: Jia1 You2

Cantonese: Ga1 Yau4

P1: I'm so screwed for this final. I haven't studied all semester.

P2: You'll do fine. Add oil!

or

P1: (participating in a sporting event)

P2: GA1 YAU4! GA1 YAU4!

See chinese, sports


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