加 jiā

1. jiā verb to add
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: For example, to add two numbers (CC-CEDICT '加'; CCD '加' 1; FE '加' 1; GHDC '加' 1; Guoyu '加' v 1; Unihan '加').
2. jiā verb to increase
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: 加 is synonymous with 增加 in this sense (CCD '加' 2; FE '加' 2; GHDC '加' 2; Guoyu '加' v 4; Kroll 2015 '加' 2, p. 190; Mathews 1931 '加', p. 77; Unihan '加').
3. jiā verb to inflict [punishment]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 加 is synonymous with 侵凌 in this sense (Guoyu '加' v 3; Kroll 2015 '加' 1b, p. 190)
4. jiā verb to append
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CCD '加' 2; FE '加' 3)
5. jiā proper noun Jia
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CCD '加' 5;Guoyu '加' n 2)
6. jiā verb to wear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 戴上, such as to wear a crown (GHDC '加' 5)
7. jiā verb to be appointed [to a position]; to grant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 任 (GHDC '加' 6; Guoyu '加' v 5; Kroll 2015 '加' 1a, p. 190; Mathews 1931 '加', p. 77)
8. jiā verb to pass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 超过 (GHDC '加' 7)
9. jiā verb to place above
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 凌驾 (GHDC '加' 7; Guoyu '加' v 2; Kroll 2015 '加' 1, p. 190)
10. jiā verb to implement; to apply
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '加' 1c, p. 190)
11. jiā verb to line up the disk and base of a divining board
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '加' 3, p. 190)
12. jiā verb to say falsely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '加' 5, p. 190)
13. jiā noun addition
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '加' n 1)
14. jiā proper noun Canada
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Abberviation for 加拿大 (CC-CEDICT '加')

Contained in

• 加利 to increase profit
• 努力加餐饭(努力加餐飯) try with all my might to eat and thrive
• 加薪 to raise salary
• 加拉巴哥斯群岛(加拉巴哥斯群島) Galapagos Islands
• 僧加罗语(僧加羅語) Sinhalese
• 孟加拉榕 Indian banyan; Ficus benghalensis
• 威加海内兮归故乡(威加海內兮歸故鄉) With might that extends to the land within the seas, I return to my hometown
• 雅加达(雅加達) Jakarta
• 堪察加 Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)
• 风雨交加(風雨交加) wind and rain together
• 尤加利树(尤加利樹) eucalyptus tree
• 加盟 to align; to join; participate
• 加多 add more
• 尤加利 eucalyptus
• 加里肋亚海(加里肋亞海) Sea of Galilee
• 加添 to augment; to increase
• 加国(加國) Canada
• 加封官阶(加封官階) to confer additional titles on a nobleman
• 有则改之，无则加勉(有則改之，無則加勉) correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them
• 加害 to do harm to
• 罪加一等 increase the degree of guilt
• 横加(橫加) violently; flagrantly
• 加拿大皇家 HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) / prefix for Canadian Navy Vessels
• 拉斯维加斯(拉斯維加斯) Las Vegas, Nevada
• 加急 to expidite
• 加拉太书(加拉太書) Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
• 加剧(加劇) to aggravate; to intensify
• 汤加群岛(湯加群島) Tonga
• 加奖(加獎) to give praise
• 加注 to increase a bet; to raise (poker); to raise the stakes
• 添砖加瓦(添磚加瓦) to do one's bit to help
• 附加物 complement
• 附加 to add; to annex
• 加快 to accelerate

Also contained in

累加器 、 加来海峡 、 加拉加斯 、 加利西亚 、 巴夫那加尔 、 孟加拉人民共和国 、 加州大学 、 特古西加尔巴 、 穆加贝 、 基桑加尼 、 高加索山脉 、 加格达奇区 、 埃加迪群岛 、 沙加缅度 、 勘察加半岛 、 布加迪 、 加德满都

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 197
• 卷一百十二 表第十三 七卿年表二 Volume 112 Tables 13: Annals of the Seven Ministers 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 166
• 卷18　志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 139
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 117
• 卷二百一十 表第一 宰輔一 Volume 210 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 104
• 卷一百十一 表第十二 七卿年表一 Volume 111 Tables 12: Annals of the Seven Ministers 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 99
• 卷二百十一 表第二 宰輔二 Volume 211 Tables 2: Chancellors 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 95
• 卷十七 志第七 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 94
• 卷三十五 志第十一 曆五 Volume 35 Treatises 11: Calendar 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 94
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 87

Collocations

• 加席 (加席) 則辭加席 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 8
• 三加 (三加) 三加必取之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
• 始加 (始加) 始加 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 4
• 加勺 (加勺) 加勺 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 4
• 加璧 (加璧) 奉觴加璧以進 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 加书 (加書) 坎血加書 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 加弥 (加彌) 三加彌尊 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 3
• 辞加 (辭加) 則辭加席 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 3
• 加有成 (加有成) 加有成也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 3
• 加柶 (加柶) 加柶 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 3