加上

jiāshàng

verb/conjunction HSK 5 #1,946

Meanings

三加上五等于八。

Sān jiāshàng wǔ děngyú bā.

Three plus five equals eight.

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.

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