Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
Synonym of let's go: a cheer of encouragement, support, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: China, Hong-Kong, idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: let's go
Antonyms: none provided
History
Calque of Chinese 加油 (jiāyóu), particularly in Hong Kong contexts via its Cantonese pronunciation gaa1 jau4-2, sometimes credited to shouts of support during the Macau Grand Prix. Compare cooking with gas, gas up, fuel up, etc.
