加 (jiā) means Add (plus - increase). Below are 24 of the 85 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他今天又 加 班了。
Tā jīntiān yòu jiā bān le.
He worked overtime again today.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 加班
他参 加 了开幕式。
Tā cānjiā le kāimùshì.
He attended the opening ceremony.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 开幕式
加 点姜可以去腥。
Jiā diǎn jiāng kěyǐ qù xīng.
Adding a little ginger takes away the fishy smell.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 腥
我想参 加 这个比赛。
Wǒ xiǎng cānjiā zhège bǐsài.
I want to take part in this competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 参加
前面有一个 加 油站。
Qiánmiàn yǒu yí ge jiāyóuzhàn.
There is a petrol station up ahead.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 加油站
周末我参 加 辅导班。
Zhōumò wǒ cānjiā fǔdǎo bān.
I go to a tutoring class at the weekend.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 辅导
他参 加 了射击比赛。
Tā cānjiā le shèjī bǐsài.
He took part in a shooting competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 射击
参 加 活动完全自愿。
Cānjiā huódòng wánquán zìyuàn.
Taking part in the activity is entirely voluntary.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 自愿
他 加 入了作家协会。
Tā jiārù le zuòjiā xiéhuì.
He joined the writers' association.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 协会
市场需求正在增 加 。
Shìchǎng xūqiú zhèngzài zēngjiā.
Market demand is increasing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 需求
大家踊跃报名参 加 。
Dàjiā yǒngyuè bàomíng cānjiā.
Everyone signed up enthusiastically.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 踊跃
他没参 加 昨天的会议。
Tā méi cānjiā zuótiān de huìyì.
He didn't attend yesterday's meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 参加
老师鼓励我参 加 比赛。
Lǎoshī gǔlì wǒ cānjiā bǐsài.
The teacher encouraged me to enter the competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 鼓励
我们在 加 油站停一下。
Wǒmen zài jiāyóuzhàn tíng yíxià.
Let us stop at the petrol station for a moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 加油站
他参 加 了英语培训班。
Tā cānjiā le Yīngyǔ péixùn bān.
He joined an English training class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 培训
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From the graded readers
昨天我去参 加 了一个面试。
zuótiān wǒ qù cānjiā le / liǎo / liào yīgè miàn shì.
Yesterday I went to a job interview.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
第二天我报名参 加 了一个周末的画画班。
dì'èr tiān wǒ bàomíng cānjiā le / liǎo / liào yīgè zhōumò de / dì huà huà bān.
The next day I signed up for a weekend painting class.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
大学二年级的时候，我参 加 了一次演讲比赛。
dàxué èr niánjí de / dì shíhou, wǒ cānjiā le / liǎo / liào yīcì yǎnjiǎng bǐsài.
In my second year at university I entered a speech competition.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
那半年，我几乎每天都 加 班到晚上十点以后。
nà / nèi bàn nián, wǒ jīhū měitiān dōu jiābān dào wǎnshang shí diǎn yǐhòu.
For those six months I worked past ten almost every night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
说实话，我当时并不想参 加 ，是室友帮我报的名。
shuō shíhuà, wǒ dāngshí bìngbù xiǎng cānjiā, shì shì yǒu bāng wǒ bào de / dì míng.
To be honest I didn't want to enter; my roommate signed me up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
From the travel phrasebook
加 个微信吧。
Jiā ge Wēixìn ba.
Let's add each other on WeChat.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
加 appears in 85 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 加
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 加
How is 加 used in a sentence?
This page shows 85 sentences using 加 (jiā, "Add (plus - increase)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 加 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 加 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 加?
The dictionary page for 加 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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