Pinyin "jia1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "jia1" is split up into two parts: "ji" and "a1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ji"

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "a1"

In front of the ashram.

Characters pronounced jia1

to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) / Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]) / surname Jia
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home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]
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to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]
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phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common
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excellent / auspicious / to praise / to commend
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beautiful / fine / good
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traditionally used as phonetic for ga / also pr. [ga1] / also pr. [qie2]
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(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
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cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
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reed / Phragmites communis
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