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加
jiā
加 (jiā) means "Canada (abbr. for 大); to add; plus". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.
What 加 means
- to add
- mathplus
- to increase; to augment
- (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like {不|bù}, {大|dà}, {稍|shāo} etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in {稍加改良|shāo jiā gǎi liáng} "make some minor improvements to (it)")
Other readings
Example sentences
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加油！Jiāyóu!Go!
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加肉。Add meat.
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加上！Add!
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加胡椒！Add pepper!
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叁加吧！Enlist!
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他参加辩论Tā cānjiā biànlùnHe participated in the debate.
Words starting with 加
- 加入jiā rùto become a member; to join; to mix into
- 加班jiā bānto work overtime
- 加油站jiā yóu zhàngas station
- 加上jiā shàngplus; to put in; to add
- 加工jiā gōngto process; processing; working (of machinery)
- 加剧jiā jùto intensify
- 加强jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
- 加拿大Jiā ná dàCanada
- 加以jiā yǐ(formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth)…
- 加快jiā kuàito accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
- 加大jiā dàto increase (e.g. one's effort)
- 加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas…
- 加速jiā sùto accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
- 加盟jiā méng(of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team…
- 加重jiā zhòngto make heavier; to emphasize; (of an illness etc) to become more serious
- 加深jiā shēnto deepen
- 加之jiā zhīmoreover; in addition to that
- 加州Jiā zhōuCalifornia
- 加倍jiā bèito double; to redouble
- 加紧jiā jǐnto intensify; to speed up; to step up
- 加点jiā diǎnto work extra hours; to do overtime
- 加密jiā mìto encrypt; encryption; to protect with a password
- 加息jiā xī(finance) to raise interest rates
- 加热jiā rèto heat
Words containing 加
- 参加cān jiāto participate; to take part; to join
- 增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
- 更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
- 施加shī jiāto exert (effort or pressure)
- 雪上加霜xuě shàng jiā shuāng(idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury
- 新加坡Xīn jiā pōSingapore
- 添加tiān jiāto add; to increase
- 附加fù jiāadditional; annex
- 外加wài jiāin addition; extra
- 芝加哥Zhī jiā gēChicago, USA
- 毕加索Bì jiā suǒPicasso
- 有加yǒu jiāextremely (placed after verb or adjective)
- 强加qiáng jiāto impose; to force upon
- 愈加yù jiāall the more; even more; further
- 参加者cān jiā zhěparticipant
- 追加zhuī jiāto add something extra; an additional increment; addendum
- 里加Lǐ jiāRiga, capital of Latvia
- 斯图加特Sī tú jiā tèStuttgart, city in southwest Germany and capital of Baden-Württemberg 巴登－巴登－符腾堡州
- 拉斯维加斯Lā sī Wéi jiā sīLas Vegas, Nevada
- 附加费fù jiā fèisurcharge
- 保加利亚Bǎo jiā lì yàBulgaria
- 相加xiāng jiāto add up (numbers); (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills)
- 后加hòu jiāpostposition (grammar)
- 麦加Mài jiāMecca, Saudi Arabia
Characters built on 口
These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 加
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 如rúas; as if; such as
- 她tāshe
- 妇fùwoman
- 扣kòuto fasten; to button; button
- 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…
- 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
Sounds the same
Read jiā, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 家used in 家伙
- 夹to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
- 嘉excellent; auspicious; to praise
- 佳beautiful; fine; good
- 迦(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
- 镓gallium (chemistry)
- 伽traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
- 枷cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
- 珈gamma; jewelry
- 茄phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹
- 痂scab
- 耞flail (for threshing grain); old variant of 枷
Where 加 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 7 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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- Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
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