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Jyutping gaa1 daai6
Pinyin jiā dà

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to increase (e.g. one's effort)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to enlarge
    (syn.) 放大
  2. verb
    to increase; to raise
    (syn.) 附益, 增長, 加上, 增加, 增, 加添, 增多, 補, 增益, 广益, 加, 增添, 增长, 添加, 补, 加多, 廣益
    • 加大投資
      加大投资
      jiā dà tóu zī
      to increase investment
    • 加大力度
      加大力度
      jiā dà lì dù
      to increase intensity
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    妇女当时没有投票权,她们的希望被挫败,但是安-尼克松-库波尔活着看到妇女们站了起来,看到她们站出来发表自己的见解,看到她们参加大选投票。是的,我们能做到。
    婦女當時沒有投票權,她們的希望被挫敗,但是安-尼克松-庫波爾活着看到婦女們站了起來,看到她們站出來發表自己的見解,看到她們參加大選投票。是的,我們能做到。
    fù nǚ dāng shí méi yǒu tóu piào quán , tā men de xī wàng bèi cuò bài , dàn shì ān - ní kè sōng - kù bō ěr huó zhe kàn dào fù nǚ men zhàn le qǐ lai , kàn dào tā men zhàn chū lái fā biǎo zì jǐ de jiàn jiě , kàn dào tā men cān jiā dà xuǎn tóu piào 。 shì de , wǒ men néng zuò dào 。
    • At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can.
  2. Mandarin
    政府应该加大对农业的投资。
    政府應該加大對農業的投資。
    zhèng fǔ yīng gāi jiā dà duì nóng yè de tóu zī 。
    • The government should invest more money in agriculture.
  3. Mandarin
    你会用糖果加大棒的方式使人产生动力嘛?
    你會用糖果加大棒的方式使人產生動力嘛?
    nǐ huì yòng táng guǒ jiā dà bàng de fāng shì shǐ rén chǎn shēng dòng lì ma ?
    • Can you motivate people with "candies and the whip"?
  4. Mandarin
    有平时不好也不坏,仅仅是完成上司交予的任务的员工,有因运用糖果加大棒的方法轻松地提高工作热情,而做出超乎预期的工作效果的员工,相反地,也有因为伤了员工面子,而作出敌对公司的事情的员工。
    有平時不好也不壞,僅僅是完成上司交予的任務的員工,有因運用糖果加大棒的方法輕鬆地提高工作熱情,而做出超乎預期的工作效果的員工,相反地,也有因為傷了員工面子,而作出敵對公司的事情的員工。
    yǒu píng shí bù hǎo yě bù huài , jǐn jǐn shì wán chéng shàng si jiāo yǔ de rèn wu de yuán gōng , yǒu yīn yùn yòng táng guǒ jiā dà bàng de fāng fǎ qīng sōng dì tí gāo gōng zuò rè qíng , ér zuò chū chāo hū yù qī de gōng zuò xiào guǒ de yuán gōng , xiāng fǎn dì , yě yǒu yīn wèi shāng le yuán gōng miàn zi , ér zuò chū dí duì gōng sī de shì qing de yuán gōng 。
    • There are employees who are usually neither good nor bad and only perform the duties that their supervisors assign to them. There are employees who are easily spurred to greater enthusiasm by means of carrots and sticks and who achieve better than expected results; there are also employees who take offence at this and behave with hostility towards the company.
  5. Mandarin
    不只有世界语者,世界语的支持者也可以参加大会。
    不只有世界語者,世界語的支持者也可以參加大會。
    bù zhǐ yǒu shì jiè yǔ zhě , shì jiè yǔ de zhī chí zhě yě kě yǐ cān jiā dà huì 。
    • Not only Esperantists, but also supporters of Esperanto may participate in the Congress.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    单身嘅人有更加大嘅自由去选择自己想做嘅事,社交唔使处处受到束缚。
    單身嘅人有更加大嘅自由去選擇自己想做嘅事,社交唔使處處受到束縛。
    daan1 san1 ge3 jan4 jau5 gang3 gaa1 daai6 ge3 zi6 jau4 heoi3 syun2 zaak6 zi6 gei2 soeng2 zou6 ge3 si6 , se5 gaau1 m4 si2 cyu3 cyu3 sau6 dou3 cuk1 bok3 。
    • Single people enjoy more freedom to do what they want and enjoy living a less restricted social life.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我听日要参加大赛,好紧张。
    我聽日要參加大賽,好緊張。
    ngo5 ting1 jat6 jiu3 caam1 gaa1 daai6 coi3, hou2 gan2 zoeng1.
    • I'll have a competition tomorrow, so nervous.
  2. Cantonese
    薯条加唔加大?
    薯條加唔加大?
    syu4 tiu2 gaa1 m4 gaa1 daai6?
    • Would you like to up size the French fries?
  3. Cantonese
    喺扒龙舟,「开大」呢个term系指加大扒桨嘅幅度,而唔系平时用嘅俗语。
    喺扒龍舟,「開大」呢個term係指加大扒槳嘅幅度,而唔係平時用嘅俗語。
    hai2 paa4 lung4 zau1, "hoi1 daai6" ni1 go3 toem1 hai6 zi2 gaa1 daai6 paa4 zoeng2 ge3 fuk1 dou6, ji4 m4 hai6 ping4 si4 jung6 ge3 zuk6 jyu5.
    • In terms of dragon boat paddling, "hoi1 daai6" means "paddling in a big span", instead of the slang in daily life.
  4. Cantonese
    加大签帐额
    加大簽帳額
    gaa1 daai6 cim1 zoeng3 ngaak2
    • to increase the spending credits
  5. Cantonese
    女人排卵期行房,有助增加大肚嘅机会。
    女人排卵期行房,有助增加大肚嘅機會。
    neoi5 jan2 paai2 leon2 kei4 hang4 fong4, jau5 zo6 zang1 gaa1 daai6 tou5 ge3 gei1 wui6.
    • Having sexual intercourse during women's ovulatory period increases the chance of pregnancy.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    胡萝卜加大棒政策
    胡蘿蔔加大棒政策
    hú luó bo jiā dà bàng zhèng cè
    • carrot and stick policy
  2. Mandarin
    加大投资
    加大投資
    jiā dà tóu zī
    • to increase investment
  3. Mandarin
    加大力度
    加大力度
    jiā dà lì dù
    • to increase intensity
  4. Mandarin
    他在参加大会,为德国的左翼艺术家同伸义愤之后,就又想起了中国左翼作家的愚蠢横暴的行为。
    他在參加大會,為德國的左翼藝術家同伸義憤之後,就又想起了中國左翼作家的愚蠢橫暴的行為。
    tā zài cān jiā dà huì , wèi dé guó de zuǒ yì yì shù jiā tóng shēn yì fèn zhī hòu , jiù yòu xiǎng qǐ le zhōng guó zuǒ yì zuò jiā de yú chǔn héng bào de xíng wèi .
    • After he rightly expressed indignation for German left-wing artists in a conference, he thought of the foolish and violent acts of Chinese left-wing writers.