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参加

cān jiā · can jia

Traditional 參加

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to participate
  2. to take part
  3. to join
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Park run

  1. Dengdeng

    周末(zhōumò)公园(gōngyuán)有(yǒu)跑步(pǎobù)活动(huódòng)，你(nǐ)参加(cānjiā)吗(ma)？

    There's a running event in the park this weekend. Will you take part?

  2. Liangliang

    多(duō)长(cháng)？

    How long?

  3. Dengdeng

    三公里(sāngōnglǐ)，很(hěn)短(duǎn)。我(wǒ)参加(cānjiā)。

    Three kilometers, it's short. I'm joining.

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，那(nà)我(wǒ)也(yě)参加(cānjiā)！

    OK, then I'll join too!

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)报(bào)哪(nǎ)一组(yīzǔ)？

    Which group did you sign up for?

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)报(bào)的(de)是(shì)一(yī)公里(gōnglǐ)，小朋友(xiǎopéngyǒu)那(nà)一组(yīzǔ)。

    I signed up for one kilometer, the kids' group.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)爸(bà)爸(ba)参(cān)加(jiā)了(le)料(liào)理(lǐ)竞(jìng)赛(sài)并(bìng)得(dé)了(le)第(dì)一(yī)名(míng)。

My father participated in a cooking contest and came in first.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)次(cì)志(zhì)愿(yuàn)者(zhě)活(huó)动(dòng)，全(quán)班(bān)同(tóng)学(xué)都(dōu)积(jī)极(jí)参(cān)加(jiā)了(le)。

This time, all the classmates actively took part in the volunteer activity.

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参
cān

to take part in; to participate

加
jiā

to add; plus

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