加价 (jiā jià) — to raise or hike the price

Definition

加价 (jiā jià) means the seller actively raises a price — a deliberate hike, not a natural market rise. Pairs with the object 价 or a product (e.g. 牛奶加价); a price itself just 'goes up' uses 涨价.

verb

to raise or hike the price

Examples

加价。
Zuì jìn chāo shì de niú nǎi jiā jià le.
The milk at the supermarket has recently gone up in price.
，。
Tā men gāng jiā guò yí cì jià, xiàn zài yòu zhǎng.
They just raised the price once, and now it's going up again.
加价。
Zhè jiā diàn cóng bù suí yì jiā jià.
This shop never raises prices arbitrarily.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

加jiāadd

价jiàprice

加 means add and 价 means price, so it means adding to the price.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

力口加

力力lìstrength
口口kǒumouth

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

人人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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