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.

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