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HSK
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
gas station
HSK 4
to work overtime
HSK 4
to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
HSK 3
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
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
plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that
HSK 5
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
to heat
HSK 5
to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
HSK 3
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
widen
to intensify
HSK 7-9
UCLA
to encrypt / encryption / to protect with a password
Caribbean Sea
bonus point; extra credit / to award bonus points; to earn extra points
(finance) to raise interest rates
Gaza Strip
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing / to give one's blessing; to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
accelerator (computing) / particle accelerator
to confer additional titles on a nobleman
to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode
to intensify / to speed up / to step up
HSK 7-9
Canada
addition
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
(of a drink) iced / on the rocks
cryptocurrency
to deepen
HSK 7-9
California
Garfield (the comic-strip cat) / (coll.) flat-faced Persian-type cat (esp. an exotic shorthair)
weighted average
Gatling (name) / Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun
paying special care / with particular attention
(sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
Gabriel (name) / Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation
Gatling gun
University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亞大學|加利福尼亚大学)
process trade / trade involving assembly
(Tw) intensive care unit (ICU)
accelerator pedal
processing plant
franchise store
a cut above / top quality
to go at full throttle / (fig.) to go all out / to kick into high gear
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *加* | 加* | *加
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia
to make text bold
to crown / coronation
to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate
JDB (Chinese beverage company)
Calcutta (India)
California
to add spice; to make it spicy
to aggregate; to calculate the total / aggregate; total
(vaccine) booster shot
Gabon
Garcia (person name)
to give emphasis / with emphasis
Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
to add a note; to annotate
acceleration
to accelerate / to step on the gas
plus sign + (math.)
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
overtime pay
processing cost
to add material to an exam / supplementary exam
to confer a title an official position
to raise salary
to double / to redouble
to try harder / to redouble one's efforts
to feed in / to load (raw material, supplies, fuel etc) / to supply / fortified (with added material)
to aerate / to ventilate
Katō (Japanese surname)
to work extra hours / to do overtime
humidifier
Cardiff
Ghana
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
to load (cargo) / (computing) to load (content)
promotion to the nobility (idiom)
to buy (sth extra); to make an additional purchase
to have an extra meal / snack
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) / abbr. for 加利福尼亞理工學院|加利福尼亚理工学院
(sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen
Gabon (Tw)
Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt)
Catalonia
Caltex (petroleum brand name)
to lengthen
Royal Canadian Navy
addend; summand
to reinforce / to dispatch troops
to injure

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