加碼

加码
jiāmǎ
  1. to ratchet up
  2. to raise (expectations etc)
  3. to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc)
  4. to up the ante
  5. (computing) to encode

CEDICT

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Entry Composition

1 加 jiā
  1. to add
  2. (math.) plus
  3. to increase; to augment
  4. (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不 bù, 大 dà, 稍 shāo etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 shāojiāgǎiliáng "make some minor improvements to (it)")
2 碼 mǎ
  1. (archaic) agate
  2. (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale
  3. number
  4. (computing) code
  5. (clothing) size
  6. yard (unit of length)
  7. (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references)
  8. (coll.) to pile up; to stack
  9. classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事 bùshìyīmǎshì "not the same thing")
  10. (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)