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HSK
to participate / to take part / to join
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *加* | 加* | *加
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like , , etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
HSK 2
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
HSK 2
to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
HSK 3
to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
HSK 3
to raise; to increase
HSK 3
more (than sth else) / even more
HSK 3
to process / processing / working (of machinery)
HSK 3
to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in
HSK 4
gas station
HSK 4
to work overtime
HSK 4
to heat
HSK 5
plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that
HSK 5
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)
HSK 5
to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
HSK 5
(of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team; (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise; (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie; (of a recording artist) to sign with a label
HSK 6
to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
HSK 7-9
to intensify
HSK 7-9
to deepen
HSK 7-9
to add; to increase
HSK 7-9
to intensify / to speed up / to step up
HSK 7-9
to exert (effort or pressure)
HSK 7-9
to impose / to force upon
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to make matters even worse / to add insult to injury
HSK 7-9
additional / annex
HSK 7-9
California
Canada
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *加* | 加* | *加
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia
Málaga, Spain / Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan
Bucharest, capital of Romania
Senegal
to raise salary
acceleration
Caracas, capital of Venezuela
Gabon
Katō (Japanese surname)
franchise store
Riga, capital of Latvia
accelerator (computing) / particle accelerator
Caucasus / Caucasian
Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso
Alaska, US state
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom
vodka (loanword)
Caribbean Sea
Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
Bulgaria
to work extra hours / to do overtime
Chicago, USA
in addition / extra
to increase a price
Gabon (Tw)
Jamaica
Luke / St Luke the evangelist
Tagalog (language)
Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
additive / food additive
to raise interest rates
Jakarta, capital of Indonesia
to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode
(botany) coca (loanword)
Costa Rica
Bengal / Bangladesh
(Tw) Costa Rica
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw)
(Tw) intensive care unit (ICU)
to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen
plus sign + (math.)
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
(loanword) gallon
Gary (name)
potassium (loanword)
to double / to redouble
moreover; in addition to that
widen
Ghana
to crown / coronation
(math.) to weight / weighting / weighted (average, index etc)
overtime pay
surcharge
University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亞大學|加利福尼亚大学)
California
Canada
Gabriel (name) / Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation
Bengali (language)
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify
Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
Gospel according to St Luke
sternly / strictly / harshly / stringently / rigorously
in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
Alaska, US state
Niagara Falls (Tw)
Edgar (name)
correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
to make text bold

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