奥利给

What does 奥利给 mean?

奥利给 is shouted to fire yourself or others up: before a workout, before an exam, at the end of a pep talk. It is pure energy with no grammar, often paired with 干了 (down the hatch) or 加油. The word is deliberately silly, and its power comes from how wholeheartedly it is yelled.

Where does 奥利给 come from?

The shout comes from the fitness and outdoor videos of 快手 creator 朝阳冬泳怪鸽, a winter swimmer from Liaoning whose sign-off ran 坚持才是胜利，加油，奥利给！ in late 2019. Viewers eventually traced 奥利给 back to 给力噢 read in reverse, and the roar spread across short-video platforms and B站 in 2020.

How to use 奥利给

• 期末最后一门，进考场前室友喊了一句：奥利给！
  Qīmò zuìhòu yì mén, jìn kǎochǎng qián shìyǒu hǎn le yí jù: ào lì gěi!
  Before the last final, my roommate yelled one line at the door: ao li gei!
• 直播间的弹幕刷满奥利给，主播笑着做了十个引体向上。
  Zhíbō jiān de dànmù shuā mǎn ào lì gěi, zhǔbō xiàozhe zuò le shí gè yǐntǐ xiàngshàng.
  The stream's chat filled with ao li gei, and the host laughed and knocked out ten pull-ups.