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加

jiā

Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
Verb

加 (jiā) is a Chinese word meaning “to add”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. Canada (abbr. for 加拿大)
  2. surname Jia
  3. to add
  4. (math.) plus
  5. to increase; to augment
  6. (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)")

Stroke order

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Example

請幫我加一點水。

Please add a little water for me.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).