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Jyutping gaa1 liu5
Pinyin jiā le

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Min-Nan
    to waste (money, etc.)
    (syn.) 曠廢, 拋荒, 無彩, 折腾, 糟蹋, 白費, 荒废, 耽誤, 空費, 干了, 虚耗, 抛荒, 旷废, 枉費, 揮霍, 折騰, 浪费, 无彩, 浪費, 虛耗, 靡費, 挥霍, 白费, 荒廢, 空费, 枉费, 耽误, 白了, 靡费
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    随着时间的推移,比赛增加了规则以使之更安全。
    隨着時間的推移,比賽增加了規則以使之更安全。
    suí zhe shí jiān de tuī yí , bǐ sài zēng jiā le guī zé yǐ shǐ zhī gèng ān quán 。
    • As time went on, rules were added to the game to make it safer.
  2. Mandarin
    遭受心脏病困扰的人数增加了。
    遭受心臟病困擾的人數增加了。
    zāo shòu xīn zàng bìng kùn rǎo de rén shù zēng jiā le 。
    • The number of people suffering from heart disease has increased.
  3. Mandarin
    在城市里行驶的车辆数量增加了。
    在城市裏行駛的車輛數量增加了。
    zài chéng shì lǐ xíng shǐ de chē liàng shù liàng zēng jiā le 。
    • The number of cars driven in the city has increased.
    • The number of cars being driven on the city's roads has increased.
  4. Mandarin
    我爸爸参加了料理竞赛并得了第一名。
    我爸爸參加了料理競賽並得了第一名。
    wǒ bà ba cān jiā le liào lǐ jìng sài bìng dé le dì yì míng 。
    • My father participated in a cooking contest and came in first.
  5. Mandarin
    几十个年轻人参加了示威游行。
    幾十個年輕人蔘加了示威遊行。
    jǐ shí gè nián qīng rén cān jiā le shì wēi yóu xíng 。
    • Dozens of young people attended the demonstration.
    • Several dozen young people participated in the demonstration.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我参加了跑步比赛,我的腿很疼。
    我參加了跑步比賽,我的腿很疼。
    wǒ cān jiā le pǎo bù bǐ sài , wǒ de tuǐ hěn téng .
    • My legs are sore from participating in a running competition.
  2. Mandarin
    以粮食为例,一九四九年全国产粮只有二千一百几十亿斤,到一九五六年产粮达到三千六百几十亿斤,增加了将近一千五百亿斤。
    以糧食為例,一九四九年全國產糧只有二千一百幾十億斤,到一九五六年產糧達到三千六百幾十億斤,增加了將近一千五百億斤。
    yǐ liáng shí wéi lì , yī jiǔ sì jiǔ nián quán guó chǎn liáng zhǐ yǒu èr qiān yī bǎi jǐ shí yì jīn , dào yī jiǔ wǔ liù nián chǎn liáng dá dào sān qiān liù bǎi jǐ shí yì jīn , zēng jiā le jiāng jìn yī qiān wǔ bǎi yì jīn .
    • Take grain crops. In 1949, the country's output was only something over 210,000 million catties. By 1956, it had risen to more than 360,000 million catties, an increase of nearly 150,000 million catties.
  3. Mandarin
    这就增加了共产党批评同盟者、揭破假革命、争取领导权的责任。
    這就增加了共產黨批評同盟者、揭破假革命、爭取領導權的責任。
    zhè jiù zēng jiā le gòng chǎn dǎng pī píng tóng méng zhě , jiē pò jiǎ gé mìng , zhēng qǔ lǐng dǎo quán de zé rèn .
    • This increases the responsibility devolving on the Communist Party to criticize its allies, unmask the fake revolutionaries, and gain the leadership.
  4. Mandarin
    通过打通各种平台渠道,用年轻人们喜欢的方式,打破“次元壁”,让年轻受众更加了解国家大事,关心国家大事,这一次,我们做了“不一样”的尝试。
    通過打通各種平台渠道,用年輕人們喜歡的方式,打破“次元壁”,讓年輕受眾更加了解國家大事,關心國家大事,這一次,我們做了“不一樣”的嘗試。
    tōng guò dǎ tōng gè zhǒng píng tái qú dào , yòng nián qīng rén men xǐ huān de fāng shì , dǎ pò “ cì yuán bì ” , ràng nián qīng shòu zhòng gèng jiā le jiě guó jiā dà shì , guān xīn guó jiā dà shì , zhè yī cì , wǒ men zuò le “ bù yī yàng ” de cháng shì .
    • By opening access to many platforms, we can break the "dimensional barrier" using ways young teenagers love and make the teenage audience be more aware and concerned of national matters. This time, we did a "different" attempt.