加

jiā

HSK 3

加 — jiā

1. abbr. for Canada (加拿大)

   中加两国签署了新的贸易协定。 zhōngjiā liǎngguó qiānshǔ le xīn de màoyìxiédìng — China and Canada signed a new trade agreement.

2. to add; plus (math); to increase; to augment

   请在汤里加点盐。 qǐng zài tāng lǐ jiādiǎn yán — Please add some salt to the soup.

3. grammatical: placed before a disyllabic verb (often after adverbs like 不, 大, 稍) to indicate applying the action to something mentioned earlier (e.g. 稍加改良 'make some minor improvements')

   他稍加修改了报告。 tā shāojiā xiūgǎi le bàogào — He made a few minor modifications to the report.

4. surname Jia

   加先生是我们的新项目负责人。 jiā xiānshēng shì wǒmen de xīn xiàngmù fùzérén — Mr. Jia is the person in charge of our new project.