加上

jiāshàng

verb HSK 5 #1,946

Meanings

HSK 2

三加上五等于八。

Sān jiāshàng wǔ děngyú bā.

Three plus five equals eight.

HSK 3

加上天气不好，我们决定不去了。

Jiāshàng tiānqì bùhǎo, wǒmen juédìng bú qù le.

Plus the weather was bad, so we decided not to go.

HSK 5

他很聪明，加上又很努力，所以成绩很好。

Tā hěn cōngmíng, jiāshàng yòu hěn nǔlì, suǒyǐ chéngjì hěn hǎo.

He's smart, plus he's hardworking, so his grades are great.

grammar

As a conjunction, 加上 introduces an additional reason or factor. It often appears in the pattern: reason 1, 加上 reason 2, 所以 result.

加 jiā

上 shàng