xăng

/săːŋ/

gasoline

Xe của tôi chạy bằng xăng.

My car runs on gasoline.

Technology

technical

A petroleum-derived fuel used in internal combustion engines.

Giá xăng hôm nay tăng lên 24.000 đồng/lít.

The gasoline price today rose to 24,000 VND per liter.

Commonly contrasted with "dầu diesel" (diesel fuel).

Collocations

đổ xăngto refuel (with gasoline)giá xănggasoline price

to fill a tank with gasoline

gasoline spill

Associate "xăng" with the sound of a car engine revving, which often reminds learners of fuel.

Borrowed from French "essence" (gasoline) via early French colonial influence in Vietnam.

Use "xăng" when referring to gasoline for cars, motorcycles, or generators; do not use for natural gas.

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