Meaning of jiā:
加
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1na2da4]); surname Jia
Wǒ jīnnián shǔjià xiǎng qù Jiā guó lǚyóu.
我今年暑假想去加国旅游。
I want to travel to Canada this summer vacation.
Jīntiān wǒmen yù dào le yí ge xìng Jiā de péngyǒu.
今天我们遇到了一个姓加的朋友。
Today we met a friend with the surname Jia.
to add; plus; to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
Qǐng bāng wǒ zài kāfēi lǐ jiā diǎn táng.
请帮我在咖啡里加点糖。
Please help me add some sugar to the coffee.
Yī jiā yī děngyú èr.
一加一等于二。
One plus one equals two.
Tāmen juédìng jiāng xīn de guīdìng jiā zài suǒyǒu yuángōng shàng.
他们决定将新的规定加在所有员工上。
They decided to apply the new regulations to all employees.
Tā juédìng gěi zhège xiàngmù jiā chí.
他决定给这个项目加持。
He decided to give support to this project.
(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
Wǒmen xūyào shāowéi jiā kuài sùdù.
我们需要稍微加快速度。
We need to slightly increase the speed.
