打油

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (打油)		打	油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎyóu
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-yu²
    • Yale: dǎ-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daayou
    • Palladius: даю (daju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² jau⁴
    • Yale: dá yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

Etymology 1

Verb

打⫽油 (verb-object)

1. (Mainland China) to polish (leather)

Etymology 2

Verb

打⫽油 (verb-object)

1. to squeeze and extract oil

Etymology 3

Verb

打⫽油 (verb-object)

1. to withdraw oil; (metonymically) to buy unpackaged oil
   1. Referring to culinary oil.

      去菜市場打油／去菜市场打油  ―  qù càishìchǎng dǎ yóu  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   2. Referring to fuel oil, either to fill in a container or (Malaysia, Singapore) to refuel a vehicle.

      騎摩哆到油站打油 [MSC, trad.]
      骑摩哆到油站打油 [MSC, simp.]

      qí móduō dào yóuzhàn dǎyóu [Pinyin]

      to take a motorcycle to a petrol station to refuel

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 加油 (“to refuel (a vehicle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		加油
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	加油
	Malaysia	打油
	Singapore	打油
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	加油
	Dagudi (Maliba)	上油
	Reshuitang (Longling)	上油
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	上油
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	上油
Cantonese	Hong Kong	入油
Gan	Lichuan	加油
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	添油, 加油
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	添油, 加油
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	添油, 加油
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	添油, 加油
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	添油, 加油
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	添油, 加油
	Kuching (Hepo)	打油
Jin	Taiyuan	加油
Southern Min	Xiamen	添油
	Zhao'an	加油
	Taipei	加油 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍油, 添油
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍油
	Manila (Hokkien)	添油, 入油
	Chaozhou	加油
	Haifeng	加油
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 買油 (“to buy oil”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		買油
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	打油, 買油
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	打油
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	打油
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	打油, 買油
	Wuhan	打油, 買油
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	打油
	Hefei	打油, 買油
Cantonese	Guangzhou	買油
	Hong Kong	買油
	Yangjiang	買油
Gan	Nanchang	打油
Hakka	Meixian	倒油, 買油
Jin	Taiyuan	打油, 買油
Northern Min	Jian'ou	買油
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	買油, 舀油
Southern Min	Xiamen	搭油, 買油
	Taipei (Wanhua)	搭油
	Kaohsiung	搭油
	Yilan	搭油
	Changhua (Lukang)	搭油
	Taichung	搭油
	Taichung (Wuqi)	搭油
	Tainan	搭油
	Taitung	搭油
	Hsinchu	搭油
	Penghu (Magong)	搭油
	Chaozhou	倒油, 買油
Wu	Suzhou	拷油, 買油
	Wenzhou	舀油
Xiang	Changsha	打油
	Shuangfeng	打油