Chinese word dictionary

加盖

jiā gài · to seal (with an official stamp); to stamp; (fig.) to ratify

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Word information

Simplified加盖

Traditional加蓋

Pinyinjiā gài

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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加jiā

to add to, to increase, to augment

盖gài

to cover, to hide, to protect

How to learn 加盖

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参加cānjiā

to participate; to take part; to join

加jiā

Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia; to add; (math.) plus; to 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)")

更加gèngjiā

more (than sth else); even more

加班jiābān

to work overtime

加快jiākuài

to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten

加强jiāqiáng

to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance