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加

jiā · jia/Jiā · jia

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Meaning

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jiā 加

  1. to add
  2. plus
  3. (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
  4. to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
  5. to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)

Jiā 加

  1. Canada (abbr. for 加拿大 (Jiānádà))
  2. surname Jia
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Adding WeChat

  1. Qiqi

    你们(nǐmen)加(jiā)我(wǒ)微信(wēixìn)吧(ba)，以后(yǐhòu)一起(yīqǐ)爬山(páshān)。

    Add my WeChat. We can go hiking together later.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)扫(sǎo)你的(nǐde)码(mǎ)。

    OK, I'll scan your code.

  3. Liangliang

    加好(jiāhǎo)了(le)，你的(nǐde)头像(tóuxiàng)是(shì)一只(yīzhī)熊猫(xióngmāo)吗(ma)？

    Added. Your profile picture is a panda?

  4. Qiqi

    对(duì)，你们(nǐmen)加(jiā)了(le)我(wǒ)，就(jiù)能(néng)看到(kàndào)更多(gèngduō)熊猫(xióngmāo)。

    Yes. If you add me, you will see more pandas.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)加(jiā)你(nǐ)就是(jiùshì)为了(wèile)看(kàn)熊猫(xióngmāo)！

    So I added you just to see pandas!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

唯(wéi)有(yǒu)加(jiā)很(hěn)多(duō)糖(táng)才(cái)能(néng)让(ràng)我(wǒ)喝(hē)得(de)下(xià)粥(zhōu)。

The only way I can eat porridge is with lots of sugar.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)喝(hē)咖(kā)啡(fēi)时(shí)会(huì)加(jiā)很(hěn)多(duō)牛(niú)奶(nǎi)。

She drinks her coffee with a lot of milk.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by rul · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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