参加 (cānjiā) means Participates. Below are 24 of the 37 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
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
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
他 参加 了开幕式。
Tā cānjiā le kāimùshì.
He attended the opening ceremony.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 开幕式
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
大家踊跃报名 参加 。
Dàjiā yǒngyuè bàomíng cānjiā.
Everyone signed up enthusiastically.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 踊跃
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
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
他 参加 了一个夏令营。
Tā cānjiā le yí ge xiàlìngyíng.
He took part in a summer camp.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 夏令营
他有 参加 比赛的资格。
Tā yǒu cānjiā bǐsài de zīgé.
He is qualified to enter the competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 资格
我想报名 参加 汉语比赛。
Wǒ xiǎng bàomíng cānjiā Hànyǔ bǐsài.
I want to sign up for the Chinese competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 报名
他代表我们班 参加 比赛。
Tā dàibiǎo wǒmen bān cānjiā bǐsài.
He represents our class in the competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 代表
我 参加 了一场中式婚礼。
Wǒ cānjiā le yì chǎng zhōngshì hūnlǐ.
I attended a Chinese-style wedding.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 婚礼
他们 参加 了一日观光团。
Tāmen cānjiā le yí rì guānguāng tuán.
They joined a one-day sightseeing tour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 观光
他 参加 了一个志愿团体。
Tā cānjiā le yí ge zhìyuàn tuántǐ.
He joined a volunteer group.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 团体
亲友们 参加 了追悼仪式。
Qīnyǒumen cānjiā le zhuīdào yíshì.
Friends and relatives attended the memorial service.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 追悼
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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
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
参加 appears in 37 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.
Questions about 参加
How is 参加 used in a sentence?
This page shows 37 sentences using 参加 (cānjiā, "Participates"), 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.
Is 参加 an HSK word?
Yes — 参加 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 参加?
The dictionary page for 参加 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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