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Traditional form:

Pinyin (reading):

jiā

Definitions:

  • to add
  • (math.) plus
  • to increase; to augment
  • (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不 (bù), 大 (dà), 稍 (shāo) etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 (shāojiāgǎiliáng) "make some minor improvements to (it)")

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