加
jiā
to add
HSK 3
Additional Dictionary Meanings
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4])surname Jia(math.) plusto increase; to augment(used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")