din6 jau4 zaam6電油站电油站
Jyutpingdin6 jau4 zaam6
Yaledihn yàuh jaahm
Definition
Petrol station; gas station.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
Drivers in Hong Kong often use the term 油站 for short, which is more common than the full phrase. While 電油站 is perfectly understood, it sounds slightly more formal or descriptive, similar to saying a filling station versus just a gas station.
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There is a petrol station ahead, let's fill up first.
Do you know where there is a petrol station nearby?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 充電站, which refers to an electric vehicle charging station. As more electric cars appear on the road, the distinction between filling up with petrol and charging a battery has become important.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
