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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.
  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
  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
  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

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
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.
把劲儿!
Put your back into it! or Put on a spurt!
热炉
heating furnace
压铸焊
pressure thermite welding
苦干巧干
work hard and skilfully; work hard and use one's brain
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.

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