參加

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): ㄘㄢㄐㄧㄚ
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cānjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢㄐㄧㄚ
  - 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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâm-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: cam´ ga´
  - 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

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.
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):

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)

(to put forth):

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)

hanja form^? of 참가 (“participation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
參	加

Verb

參加

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