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倍增

bèi zēng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

倍增 (bèi zēng) means "to double; to redouble; to increase many times over". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 倍增 means

1. to double
2. to redouble
3. to increase many times over
4. to multiply by a factor
5. multiplication

The characters in 倍增

• 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to

Example sentences

• 去年官员的数量成倍增加了。
  The number of officials doubled last year.

Words starting with 倍增

• 倍增器bèi zēng qìmultiplier

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