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加剧

jiā jù

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 加劇

What 加剧 means

1. to intensify

The characters in 加剧

• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 剧jùtheatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute

Example sentences

• 恐伊斯兰是个正在加剧的问题。
  Kǒng Yīsīlán shì gè zhèngzài jiājù de wèntí.
  Islamophobia is a problem that's on the rise.
• 海面随着全球变暖的加剧而越来越高。
  Hǎimiàn suízhe quánqiúbiànnuǎn de jiājù ér yuèláiyuè gāo.
  As global warming increases, sea levels get higher and higher.

Sounds the same

Read jiā jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 家具furniture
• 夹具clamp; fixture (machining)
• 家俱variant of 家具
• 傢具variant of 家具