jiā
Radical 19 · 5 strokes

to add

HSK 2 (3.0)6 meanings#1517
MEANING6 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to add

    把两个或多个东西放在一起;增加数量bǎ liǎng gè huò duō ge dōngxi fàng zài yìqǐ; zēngjiā shùliàng

    • Please add me on WeChat.

    + 1 more example for this meaning
    • Join us!

  2. verb

    (math.) plus

    把两个或多个数相加;合在一起bǎ liǎng gè huò duō ge shù xiāngjiā; hézài yìqǐ

    • Two plus three equals five.

  3. verb

    to increase; to augment

    增加或加上zēngjiā huò jiāshang

    • Please add a little water for me.

  4. adverb

    (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")

    用在动词前面,表示对前面提到的事物进行某种行为yòng zài dòngcí qiánmiàn, biǎoshì duì qiánmiàn tídào de shìwù jìnxíng mǒu zhǒng xíngwéi

    • Please wait a moment.

  5. noun

    Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4])

    北美洲的一个国家běi měi zhōu de yī ge guó jiā

    • He is from Canada.

  6. noun

    surname Jia

    姓氏,中文常见的家族名字xìngshì、zhōngwén chángjiàn de jiāzú míngzì

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Adding uses strength and words to increase.

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