參加

See also: 参加

Chinese

		ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform	to add; plus
trad. (參加)		參	加
simp. (参加)		参	加

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caam¹ gaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tam¹ ga¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhâm-kâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cam¹ ga¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chham-ka / chham-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cam¹ gia¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canjia
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan¹-chia¹
    • Yale: tsān-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanjia
    • Palladius: цаньцзя (canʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: chāam gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tam¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam³³ ka³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâm-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: cam^ˊ ga^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cam¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cam¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-ka
    • Tâi-lô: tsham-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhamkaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam³³ ka³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen, Singapore): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-kee
    • Tâi-lô: tsham-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cam¹ gia¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsham kia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰam³³⁻²³ kia³³/

Verb

參加

1. to participate; to take part; to attend

   謝謝您的參加。／谢谢您的参加。  ―  Xièxie nín de cānjiā.  ―  Thank you for participating.

   請您準時參加會議。 [MSC, trad.]
   请您准时参加会议。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng nín zhǔnshí cānjiā huìyì. [Pinyin]

   Please attend meetings on time.

   我參加了跑步比賽，我的腿很疼。 [MSC, trad.]
   我参加了跑步比赛，我的腿很疼。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ cānjiā le pǎobù bǐsài, wǒ de tuǐ hěn téng. [Pinyin]

   My legs are sore from participating in a running competition.

   我們邀請了所有的親戚來參加婚禮。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们邀请了所有的亲戚来参加婚礼。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen yāoqǐng le suǒyǒu de qīnqī lái cānjiā hūnlǐ. [Pinyin]

   We invited all our relatives to the wedding.

2. to put forth (a point of view); to express (an opinion)

   我暫時不想參加意見。 [MSC, trad.]
   我暂时不想参加意见。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zànshí bù xiǎng cānjiā yìjiàn. [Pinyin]

   I do not wish to express my opinion for now.

Synonyms

• (to participate):

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• 交插 (Hokkien)
• 加入 (jiārù)
• 參入／参入 (cānrù)
• 參插／参插 (Min Nan)
• 參與／参与
• 廁身／厕身 (cèshēn) (humble)
• 插手 (chāshǒu)
• 插腳／插脚 (chājiǎo) (chiefly something one should not participate in)
• 插足 (chāzú) (figurative, usually derogatory)
• 插身 (chāshēn) (figurative)
• 攏場／拢场 (long³chan²) (Xiang)
• 攏邊／拢边 (long³ bienn¹) (Xiang)
• 置身 (zhìshēn)
• 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)
• 鬥插／斗插 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鬥插手／斗插手 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

• (to put forth):

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• 代表 (dàibiǎo)
• 展現／展现 (zhǎnxiàn)
• 提出 (tíchū)
• 提起 (tíqǐ)
• 發揮／发挥 (fāhuī)
• 發表／发表 (fābiǎo)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 致以 (zhìyǐ)
• 表現／表现 (biǎoxiàn)
• 表示 (biǎoshì)
• 表述 (biǎoshù)
• 表達／表达 (biǎodá)
• 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 參加者／参加者 (cānjiāzhě)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (參加):

• → Japanese: 参(さん)加(か) (sanka)
• → Korean: 참가(參加) (chamga)
• → Vietnamese: tham gia (參加)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
參	加
さん Hyōgai	か Grade: 4
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 參加 – see the following entry.

【参加さんか】 [noun] participation, commitment [verb] to participate, to join, to enter

(This term, 參加, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
參	加

Noun

參加 • (chamga) (hangeul 참가)

1. hanja form^? of 참가 (“participation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
參	加

Verb

參加

1. chữ Hán form of tham gia (“to participate, to take part”).