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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[jiā]
  1. 1. verb [相加]
    22等于4。
    Two plus two is four.
    雪上
    one disaster after another
  2. 2. verb [增加] increase
    老板要给我们工资。
    The boss wants to increase our wages.
  3. 3. verb [添加] add
    点糖
    add some sugar
    一副碗筷。
    Can you give us another bowl and another set of chopsticks?
  4. 4. verb [加以]
    我们对孩子要严管教。
    We should be strict with children.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[jiā]
  1. 1. verb add; plus
    三等于五。
    Two plus three makes five. or Two and three is five.
    法运算是四则运算中的一种。
  2. 2. verb increase; augment
    工资
    increase (or raise) sb.'s wages
    件衣服再出去。
    Put on more clothes before you go out.
    大油门
    open the throttle; step on the gas
    我不需要钱,这样我就很满足了。
    我刚去煤气站气了。
    这份急书信必须在今晚送到目的地。
  3. 3. verb put in; add; append
    汤里点盐
    put some salt in the soup
    往威士忌里
    add water to whisky
    注解
    append notes to
    往锅里点火。
    给我点菜。
    上路费,花费就要10000元了。
    上几句议论,这篇文章就更好了。
    上你,难道还打不过他?
  4. 4. verb used in the same way as 加以 usually after a monosyllabic adverb
    赞扬
    praise highly; lavish praise on
    考虑
    not consider at all
    处分
    punish severely
    对这种行为应当以通报批评。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[jiā]
  1. 1. 把一个东西放在另一个东西上
    黄袍
    冕。
  2. 2. 把本来没有的添上去
    往菜里点儿盐
    给这段古文上标点符号
  3. 3. 在原有的基础上增多、扩大或提高
    演三场
    映。
  4. 4. 把某种行为在别人身上
    于人
    压力。
  5. 5. 施行;采用
    小心。
  6. 6. 数学运算方法,把两个或两个以上的数合在一起。如34等于7。

Examples

把劲
make an extra effort; put on a spurt
三等于五。
Two plus three makes five. or Two and three is five.
工资
increase (or raise) sb.'s wages
今天晚上我们得个班,不能去看电影。
We've got to work overtime tonight, so we can't go to the movies. 加班
把劲儿!
Put your back into it! or Put on a spurt! 加劲
热炉
heating furnace 加热
压铸焊
pressure thermite welding 加压
苦干巧干
work hard and skilfully; work hard and use one's brain 苦干
把这一栏数字起来。
Add up this column of figures.
要苦干巧干,不要蛮干。
We should work hard and intelligently, not blindly. 蛮干

Character Decomposition


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