增 (zēng): increase
增 (zēng) is a Chinese character meaning “increase.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 曾 (phonetic). It ranks #446 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 增 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- increase
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 增
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 增加verb | zēng jiā | to raise | 4 |
| 增长verb | zēng zhǎng | to grow | 4 |
| 增强verb | zēng qiáng | to increase | 5 |
| 增进verb | zēng jìn | to promote | 5 |
| 倍增verb | bèi zēng | to double | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增援verb | zēng yuán | to reinforce |
| 增大verb | zēng dà | to enlarge |
| 增多verb | zēng duō | to increase |
| 增添verb | zēng tiān | to add |
| 增色verb | zēng sè | to enrich |
| 增高verb | zēng gāo | to heighten |
| 激增verb | jī zēng | to increase rapidly |
| 增压 | zēng yā | to pressurize |
| 与日俱增phrase | yǔ rì jù zēng | to increase steadily |
| 增值verb | zēng zhí | to appreciate (financially) |
| 猛增verb | měng zēng | sharp increase |
| 增光verb | zēng guāng | to add luster |
| 增生verb | zēng shēng | (medicine) hyperplasia |
| 增值税noun | zēng zhí shuì | value-added tax (VAT) |
| 剧增verb | jù zēng | dramatic increase |
增 appears in 80 compound words: 66 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 增 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
公司今年计划增加百分之二十的产量，以满足市场需求。
Gōngsī jīnnián jìhuà zēngjiā bǎifēnzhī èrshí de chǎnliàng, yǐ mǎnzú shìchǎng xūqiú.
The company plans to increase production by twenty percent this year to meet market demand.
滙控季息料近3.3元增17% 大行估50亿恒生股息入账补资本
滙 kòng jì xī liào jìn 3 . 3 yuán zēng 1 7 dà háng gū 5 0 yì héng shēng gǔ xī rù zhàng bǔ zī běn
HSBC Holdings' quarterly dividend is expected to be nearly 3.3 yuan, an increase of 17%, and major banks estimate that 5 billion Hang Seng dividends will be recorded to supplement capital
台股金蛇年这7档规模翻倍增 吸金力道猛
tái gǔ jīn shé nián zhè 7 dàng guī mó fān bèi zēng xī jīn lì dào měng
The scale of these 7 gears in the Year of the Golden Snake of Taiwan stocks has doubled, and the gold absorption is fierce
辉达本周公布财报 营收估增67%
huī dá běn zhōu gōng bù cái bào yíng shōu gū zēng 6 7
Nvidia announced its financial report this week, with revenue estimated to increase by 67%
宏诚创新一季度订单迎爆发式增长,国内首创产品订单排..
hóng chéng chuàng xīn yī jì dù dìng shàn yíng bào fā shì zēng cháng , guó nèi shǒu chuàng chǎn pǐn dìng shàn pái . .
Hongcheng Innovation quarterly orders to meet the explosive growth, the first domestic product orders lined up...
与伊朗新一轮谈判前 美国增兵施压
yú yī lǎng xīn yī lún tán pàn qián měi guó zēng bīng shī yā
U.S. Troops Increase Pressure Ahead of New Negotiations with Iran
遭受心脏病困扰的人数增加了。
Zāoshòu xīnzàngbìng kùnrǎo de rénshù zēngjiā le.
The number of people suffering from heart disease has increased.
晴朗的天气增加了野营的乐趣。
Qínglǎng de tiānqì zēngjiā le yěyíng de lèqù.
The sunny weather made camping even more fun.
交通事故的数量似乎在增长。
Jiāotōng shìgù de shùliàng sìhū zài zēngzhǎng.
The number of traffic accidents seems to be on the increase.
由于诸多不幸因素，单亲家庭在增长中。
Yóuyú zhūduō bù xìng yīnsù, dānqīn jiātíng zài zēngzhǎng zhōng.
Due to a number of unfortunate causes, one-parent families are on the increase.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced zēng
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