din6 jau4電油电油
Jyutpingdin6 jau4
Yaledihn yàuh
Definition
Petrol; gasoline.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
Refers specifically to fuel for motor vehicles, distinguishing it from diesel which is called 柴油. While 汽油 is the standard term found in technical or formal contexts, 電油 is the everyday term used by drivers and the general public in Hong Kong. It is common to use the verb 入 to describe the act of filling up the tank.
Measure word
gung1 sing1公升gūng sīngExamples
The car has run out of petrol, need to find a gas station to refuel.
Do you know where they sell cheap petrol?
Related words
Common phrases
to refuel; to fill up with petrol
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with electric power, which is 電. Even though the word contains the character for electricity, it refers strictly to liquid fuel.
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
