加以

Étymologie et composants

The Chinese word 加以 (jiāyǐ) is composed of two characters: 加 (jiā) and 以 (yǐ). The character 加 originally meant "to add" or "to increase", and it is often used in the sense of "to do something in addition to something else". The character 以 originally meant "to use" or "to employ", and it is often used in the sense of "to take something as a means to an end". When these two characters are combined, they form the word 加以, which means "to add something to something else" or "to use something as a means to an end". For example, the sentence "他在咖啡里加了糖" (tā zài kāfēi lǐ jiāle táng) means "He added sugar to the coffee". The sentence "他用钱买了一本书" (tā yòng qián mǎile yī běn shū) means "He used money to buy a book".