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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 process / processing / working (of machinery)
HSK 3
gas station
HSK 4
to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in
HSK 4
to work overtime
HSK 4
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
to heat
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 deepen
HSK 7-9
to intensify
HSK 7-9
to intensify / to speed up / to step up
HSK 7-9
to load (cargo) / (computing) to load (content)
cannon (loanword)
Canada
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *加* | 加* | *加
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia
California
Caracas, capital of Venezuela
Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist
Jiagedaqi district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, in northwest Heilongjiang and northeast Inner Mongolia
to work extra hours / to do overtime
to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate
California
to encrypt / encryption / to protect with a password
to double / to redouble
bonus point; extra credit / to award bonus points; to earn extra points
acceleration
to increase a bet; to raise (poker); to raise the stakes
to raise salary
to lengthen
to crown / coronation
to injure
Caltex (petroleum brand name)
to increase a price
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
to expedite / (of a delivery etc) expedited / express / urgent
addition
widen
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
Caribbean
to pressurize / to pile on pressure
to add material to an exam / supplementary exam
Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain
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
Gabon
Gatling (name) / Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun
Gardner (name)
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
moreover; in addition to that
(sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode
addend; summand
(loanword) gallon
Calcutta (India)
Garcia (person name)
California
(sports) to have an additional tie-breaking match or period of play; to have a playoff
Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player
Catalonia
promotion to the nobility (idiom)
to reinforce / to dispatch troops
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
(finance) to increase one's position
Cardiff
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic / formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
Katō (Japanese surname)
paying special care / with particular attention
(of a drink) iced / on the rocks
Ghazni (Afghan province)
a cut above / top quality
to add interest (to a story) / to sex up
accelerator (computing) / particle accelerator
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing / to give one's blessing; to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
pressure chamber / pressurized cauldron
to add; to augment; to increase
plus sign + (math.)
Gary (name)
potassium (loanword)
to levy an additional (tax or tariff)
sweeten
cryptocurrency
Canada
to calculate the total / sum; total
to have an extra meal / snack
franchise store
to raise interest rates
(in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
(sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
Gaza Strip
Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt)
to top up / to fill to the brim
Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
overtime pay
intensive care (in hospital)

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