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Jyutping gaa1 aat3
Pinyin jiā yā

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to increase deposits; to raise deposits
    • 但是到了十月,農會勢力大增,一致反對加租加押,地主便不敢再提加租加押四字。
      但是到了十月,农会势力大增,一致反对加租加押,地主便不敢再提加租加押四字。
      dàn shì dào le shí yuè , nóng huì shì lì dà zēng , yī zhì fǎn duì jiā zū jiā yā , dì zhǔ biàn bù gǎn zài tí jiā zū jiā yā sì zì .
      But by October, when the peasant associations had grown considerably in strength and had all come out against the raising of rents and deposits, the landlords dared not breathe another word on the subject.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    但是到了十月,农会势力大增,一致反对加租加押,地主便不敢再提加租加押四字。
    但是到了十月,農會勢力大增,一致反對加租加押,地主便不敢再提加租加押四字。
    dàn shì dào le shí yuè , nóng huì shì lì dà zēng , yī zhì fǎn duì jiā zū jiā yā , dì zhǔ biàn bù gǎn zài tí jiā zū jiā yā sì zì .
    • But by October, when the peasant associations had grown considerably in strength and had all come out against the raising of rents and deposits, the landlords dared not breathe another word on the subject.