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(Bushou)		 力
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加 jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 / etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
Results beginning with 加
加入 jiā rù to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in
加强 jiā qiáng to reinforce / to strengthen / to increase
加工 jiā gōng to process / processing / working (of machinery)
加上 jiā shàng plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that
加快 jiā kuài to accelerate / to speed up
加盟 jiā méng to become a member of an alliance or union / to align / to join / participate
加大 jiā dà to increase (e.g. one's effort)
加速 jiā sù to speed up / to expedite
加油 jiā yóu to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on
加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
加密 jiā mì to encrypt / encryption / to protect with a password
加载 jiā zài (of cargo etc) to load
加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
加热 jiā rè to heat
加班 jiā bān to work overtime
加深 jiā shēn to deepen
加剧 jiā jù to intensify
加分 jiā fēn bonus point / extra credit / to award bonus points / to earn extra points
加之 jiā zhī moreover / in addition to that
加点 jiā diǎn to work extra hours / to do overtime
加息 jiā xī to raise interest rates
加州 Jiā zhōu California
加紧 jiā jǐn to intensify / to speed up / to step up
加倍 jiā bèi to double / to redouble
加盖 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story
加固 jiā gù to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen
加价 jiā jià to increase a price
加薪 jiā xīn to raise salary
加权 jiā quán (math.) to weight / weighting / weighted (average, index etc)
加长 jiā cháng to lengthen
加里 jiā lǐ potassium (loanword)
加法 jiā fǎ addition
加沙 Jiā shā Gaza / same as 加沙地帶|加沙地带[Jia1 sha1 di4 dai4], the Gaza strip
加压 jiā yā to pressurize / to pile on pressure
加急 jiā jí to expedite / (of a delivery etc) expedited / express / urgent
加纳 Jiā nà Ghana
加温 jiā wēn to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate
加注 jiā zhù to increase a bet / to raise (poker) / to raise the stakes
加害 jiā hài to injure
加满 jiā mǎn to top up / to fill to the brim
加国 Jiā guó Canada
加时 jiā shí (sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
加冕 jiā miǎn to crown / coronation
加码 jiā mǎ to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode
加试 jiā shì to add material to an exam / supplementary exam
加仑 jiā lún gallon (loanword)
加料 jiā liào to feed in / to load (raw material, supplies, fuel etc) / to supply / fortified (with added material)
加宽 jiā kuān widen
加粗 jiā cū to make text bold
加封 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
加号 jiā hào plus sign + (math.)
加护 jiā hù intensive care (in hospital)
加派 jiā pài to reinforce / to dispatch troops
加餐 jiā cān to have an extra meal / snack
加添 jiā tiān augment / add
加蓬 Jiā péng Gabon
加赛 jiā sài a play-off / replay
加意 jiā yì paying special care / with particular attention
加官 jiā guān promotion / to take additional post
加冰 jiā bīng (of a drink) iced / on the rocks
加仓 jiā cāng (finance) to increase one's position
加查 Jiā chá Gyaca county, Tibetan: Rgya tsha rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
加车 jiā chē extra bus or train
加俸 jiā fèng to raise one's pay
加氟 jiā fú to fluoridate (a public water supply)
加冠 jiā guān (in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
加航 Jiā háng Air Canada
加积 jiā jī accretion
加劲 jiā jìn to increase efforts / to make extra efforts
加进 jiā jìn to add / to mix in / to incorporate
加哩 jiā lǐ curry (loanword)
加缪 Jiā miù Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist
加农 jiā nóng cannon (loanword)
加彭 Jiā péng Gabon (Tw)
加气 jiā qì to aerate / to ventilate
加钱 jiā qián to pay extra / to pay more
加数 jiā shù addend / summand
加藤 Jiā téng Katō / (Japanese surname)
加甜 jiā tián sweeten
加委 jiā wěi to ratify (an election, by higher authority) / confirmation (by higher committee)
加演 jiā yǎn encore / to give an extra performance
加央 Jiā yāng Kangar city, capital of Perlis state 玻璃市[Bo1 li2 shi4], Malaysia
加值 jiā zhí to recharge (money onto a card) (Tw)
加总 jiā zǒng sum (result of addition) / addition / total / to add up a number of items / to accumulate
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加拿大 Jiā ná dà Canada / Canadian
加油站 jiā yóu zhàn gas station
加工厂 jiā gōng chǎng processing plant
加速器 jiā sù qì accelerator (computing) / particle accelerator
加速度 jiā sù dù acceleration
加勒比 Jiā lè bǐ Caribbean
加湿器 jiā shī qì humidifier
加班费 jiā bān fèi overtime pay
加密狗 jiā mì gǒu dongle
加油机 jiā yóu jī tanker aircraft / flying tanker
加农炮 jiā nóng pào cannon (loanword)
加索尔 Jiā suǒ ěr Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player (NBA)
加德纳 Jiā dé nà Gardner (name)
加加林 Jiā jiā lín Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
加德士 Jiā dé shì Caltex (petroleum brand name)
加臭氧  ozonization
加油车  tanker truck / fuel truck
加热片  heat tablet / fuel tablet
加碘盐  salt fortification
加卡卡  gacaca
加百列 Jiā bǎi liè Gabriel (name) / Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation
加冰块 jiā bīng kuài on the rocks / with ice / iced
加查县 Jiā chá xiàn Gyaca county, Tibetan: Rgya tsha rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
加达里 Jiā dá lǐ Guattari (philosopher)
加的夫 Jiā de fū Cardiff
加德西 jiā dé xī Gardasil (HPV vaccine)
加的斯 Jiā dì sī Cádiz, Spain
加多宝 Jiā duō bǎo JDB (Chinese beverage company)
加尔文 Jiā ěr wén Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
加菲猫 Jiā fēi māo Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
加合物 jiā hé wù adduct
加减号 jiā jiǎn hào plus-minus sign (±) / plus and minus signs (+ and -)
加劲儿 jiā jìn r erhua variant of 加勁|加劲[jia1 jin4]
加积楔 jiā jī xiē accretionary wedge / accretionary prism
加吉鱼 jiā jí yú porgy (Pagrosomus major)
加拉罕 Jiā lā hǎn Leo Karakhan (1889-1937), Soviet ambassador to China 1921-26, executed in Stalin's 1937 purge
加拉松 jiā lā sōng Galadhon
加利利 Jiā lì lì Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
加盟店 jiā méng diàn franchise store
加强剂 jiā qiǎng jì booster dose / booster shot
加强针 jiā qiáng zhēn (vaccine) booster shot
加强针 jiā qiǎng zhēn booster dose / booster shot
加氢油 jiā qīng yóu hydrogenated oil
加入国 jiā rù guó contracting State
加塞儿 jiā sāi r to push into a line out of turn / to cut in line / to queue-jump
加湿气 jiā shī qì humidifier
加时赛 jiā shí sài (sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
加特林 Jiā tè lín Gatling (name) / Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun
加沃特 jiā wò tè gavotte, French dance popular in 18th century (loanword)
加西亚 Jiā xī yà Garcia (person name)
加压釜 jiā yā fǔ pressure chamber / pressurized cauldron
加油工 jiā yóu gōng gas station attendant
加油枪 jiā yóu qiāng fuel nozzle
加﹍于 jiā yú impose / add to
加兹尼 Jiā zī ní Ghazni (Afghan province)
加工贸易 jiā gōng mào yì process trade / trade involving assembly
加权平均 jiā quán píng jūn weighted average
加勒比海 Jiā lè bǐ Hǎi Caribbean Sea
加州大学 Jiā zhōu Dà xué University of California / abbr. for 加利福尼亞大學|加利福尼亚大学[Jia1 li4 fu2 ni2 ya4 Da4 xue2]
加尔各答 Jiā ěr gè dá Calcutta (India)
加拉加斯 Jiā lā jiā sī Caracas, capital of Venezuela
加官进爵 jiā guān jìn jué promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄 jiā guān jìn lù promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加减乘除 jiā jiǎn chéng chú addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
加人一等 jiā rén yī děng a cut above / top quality
加强监测  enhancement of monitoring
Approximate Results for 加
增加 zēng jiā to raise / to increase
参加 cān jiā to participate / to take part / to join
添加 tiān jiā to add / to increase
更加 gèng jiā more (than sth else) / even more
附加 fù jiā additional / annex
不加 bù jiā without / not / un-
外加 wài jiā in addition / extra
追加 zhuī jiā to add something extra / an additional increment / addendum / to append / an additional posthumous title
施加 shī jiā to exert (effort or pressure)
叠加 dié jiā to superimpose / to layer / to overlay / to superpose
愈加 yù jiā all the more / even more / further
相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills)
交加 jiāo jiā to occur at the same time (of two things) / to be mingled / to accompany each other
另加 lìng jiā to add to / supplementary
后加 hòu jiā postposition (grammar)
强加 qiáng jiā to impose / to force upon
里加 Lǐ jiā Riga, capital of Latvia
严加 yán jiā sternly / strictly / harshly / stringently / rigorously
美加 Měi Jiā US and Canada (abbr.)
麦加 Mài jiā Mecca, Saudi Arabia
汤加 Tāng jiā Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom
路加 Lù jiā Luke / St Luke the evangelist
横加 héng jiā violently / flagrantly
五加 wǔ jiā Acanthopanax gracilistylus
大加 dà jiā (before a two-syllable verb) considerably / greatly (exaggerate) / vehemently (oppose) / severely (punish) / extensively (refurbish) / effusively (praise)
邓加 Dèng jiā Dunga (1963-), former Brazilian soccer player
递加 dì jiā progressively increasing
东加 Dōng jiā Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw)
可加 kě jiā (botany) coca (loanword)
屡加 lu:3 jiā ply
偷加 tōu jiā to surreptitiously add (sth that shouldn't be there)
益加 yì jiā increasingly / more and more / all the more
印加 yìn jiā Inca (South American Indians)
有加 yǒu jiā extremely (placed after verb or adjective)
酌加 zhuó jiā to make considered additions
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新加坡 Xīn jiā pō Singapore
添加剂 tiān jiā jì additive / food additive
芝加哥 Zhī jiā gē Chicago, USA
增加值 zēng jiā zhí value added (accountancy)
附加值 fù jiā zhí added-value (accountancy)
附加费 fù jiā fèi surcharge
参加者 cān jiā zhě participant
毕加索 Bì jiā suǒ Picasso
孟加拉 Mèng jiā lā Bengal / Bangladesh
雅加达 Yǎ jiā dá Jakarta, capital of Indonesia
牙买加 Yá mǎi jiā Jamaica
伏特加 fú tè jiā vodka (loanword)
附加赛 fù jiā sài additional competition / play-off / decider
高加索 Gāo jiā suǒ Caucasus / Caucasian
马拉加 Mǎ lā jiā Málaga, Spain / Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan
外加剂 wài jiā jì additive
附加税 fù jiā shuì surcharge
刺五加 cì wǔ jiā manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
添加物 tiān jiā wù additive
伏尔加 fú ěr jiā Volga
埃德加 Aī dé jiā Edgar (name)
布加迪 Bù jiā dí Bugatti (name) / Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. (French car company)
辛迪加 xīn dí jiā syndicate (loanword)
黑加仑 hēi jiā lún blackcurrant
累加器 lěi jiā qì accumulator (computing)
参加国  participating State
迭加图  stacking chart / stacking diagram
可加性  additivity
掺加剂  cutting agent
阿加维 A1 jiā wéi see 阿爾加維|阿尔加维[A1 er3 jia1 wei2]
八加五 bā jiā wǔ G8+5
贝加莱 Bèi jiā lái B&R Industrial Automation International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
被加数 bèi jiā shù augend / addend
布拉加 bù lā jiā Braga
丁加奴 Dīng jiā nú Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia
附加件 fù jiā jiàn add-on
附加物 fù jiā wù complement
附加信 fù jiā xìn side letter
红加仑 hóng jiā lún redcurrant
霍加狓 huò jiā pī okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
机加酒 jī jiā jiǔ flight and hotel (travel package) (abbr. for 機票加酒店|机票加酒店[ji1 piao4 jia1 jiu3 dian4])
基加利 Jī jiā lì Kigali, capital of Rwanda
勘察加 Kān chá jiā Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)
堪察加 Kān chá jiā Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)
马加斯 mǎ jiā sī Magas
满剌加 Mǎn là jiā Ming Dynasty name for modern day Malacca / see also 馬六甲|马六甲[Ma3 liu4 jia3]
穆加贝 Mù jiā bèi Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), Zimbabwean ZANU-PF politician, president of Zimbabwe 1987-2017
庞加莱 Páng jiā lái Henri Poincaré / (1854-1912), French mathematician, physicist and philosopher
态叠加 tài dié jiā superposition of states (quantum mechanics)
泰加林 tài jiā lín taiga (loanword)
添加件 tiān jiā jiàn add-on
五加五 wǔ jiā wǔ Five plus Five
尤加利 yóu jiā lì eucalyptus (loanword)
油加利 yóu jiā lì variant of 尤加利[you2 jia1 li4]
追加剂 zhuī jiā jì (Tw) (vaccine) booster dose / booster shot
n次叠加 ncì dié jiā n-fold stack
保加利亚 Bǎo jiā lì yà Bulgaria
食品加工  food processing
机械加工 jī xiè jiā gōng machining
雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng (idiom) to make matters even worse / to add insult to injury
阿拉斯加 A1 lā sī jiā Alaska, US state
变本加厉 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom) / to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify
斯图加特 Sī tú jiā tè Stuttgart city in southwest Germany and capital of Baden-Württemberg 巴登·符騰堡州|巴登·符腾堡州[Ba1 deng1 · / Fu2 teng2 bao3 zhou1]
孟加拉国 Mèng jiā lā guó Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)
塞内加尔 Sài nèi jiā ěr Senegal
快马加鞭 kuài mǎ jiā biān to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible
多米尼加 Duō mǐ ní jiā Dominica / Dominican Republic
火上加油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse
尼加拉瓜 Ní jiā lā guā Nicaragua
新加坡人 Xīn jiā pō rén Singaporean person / Singaporean
伏尔加河 Fú ěr jiā Hé Volga River
黄袍加身 huáng páo jiā shēn lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown
孟加拉湾 Mèng jiā lā wān Bay of Bengal
外高加索 Wài Gāo jiā suǒ Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
悔恨交加 huǐ hèn jiāo jiā to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
贫病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù lit. to add oil and vinegar / fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting)
添砖加瓦 tiān zhuān jiā wǎ lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
无以复加 wú yǐ fù jiā in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase
扎加瓦人  Zaghawa
累加效应  additive effect
阿兰加人  Aranga
那加那病  nagana / Animal African Trypanosomiasis
旋转加快  spin-up
特征加强  feature enhancement
迭加速度  stacking velocity
追加概算  supplementary estimates
宁加民兵  Ninja militia
增加车辆  additional vehicle
佩什梅加  peshmerga
麦加宣言  Makkah Declaration
数量增加  volume increase
追加资金  add-on funds
参加条约  participation in a treaty
水平迭加  horizontal stacking
伊菠加因  ibogaine
阿尔加维 A1 ěr jiā wéi the Algarve (southern region of Portugal)
阿非利加 A1 fēi lì jiā Africa
爱恨交加 ài hèn jiāo jiā to feel a mixture of love and hate
阿加迪尔 A1 jiā dí ěr Agadir, city in southwest Morocco
阿卡罗加 ā kǎ luó jiā Azcárraga
阿空加瓜 A1 kōng jiā guā Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas
奥涅加湖 ào niè jiā hú Lake
班加罗尔 Bān jiā luó ěr Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦|卡纳塔克邦[Ka3 na4 ta3 ke4 bang1]
贝加尔湖 Bèi jiā ěr Hú Lake Baikal
标准加入 biāo zhǔn jiā rù standard addition
不加拘束 bù jiā jū shù unrestricted
不加理睬 bù jiā lǐ cǎi without giving due consideration / to ignore / to overlook
不加牛奶 bù jiā niú nǎi without milk / black (of tea, coffee etc)
不加区别 bù jiā qū bié indiscriminate
不加思索 bù jiā sī suǒ see 不假思索[bu4 jia3 si1 suo3]
不加修饰 bù jiā xiū shì undecorated / unvarnished / no frills
不加选择 bù jiā xuǎn zé indiscriminate
不加掩饰 bù jiā yǎn shì undisguised
层层加码 céng céng jiā mǎ to increase bit by bit / repeated increments
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