加 jiā
HSK 3 character · 5 strokes · radical 力
Meanings
- to add
- (math.) plus
- to increase; to augment
- (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
Words with 加
- 参加 cān jiā: to participate
- 加班 jiā bān: to work overtime
- 加油站 jiā yóu zhàn: gas station
- 增加 zēng jiā: to raise; to increase
Example sentences
我可以参加吗？
May I join you?
Tatoeba #380601 by kellenparker (CC BY 2.0 FR)
您也来参加吧！
You should go too!
Tatoeba #400328 by GlossaMatik (CC BY 2.0 FR)
我想参加。
I want to participate.
Tatoeba #8727835 by crescat (CC BY 2.0 FR)
Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).