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增

zēng

HSK 4 Character

What 增 means

1. bound formto increase; to augment; to add to

Example sentences

• 我增加了体重。
  I've gained weight.
• 人口正在增长。
  The population is growing.
• 人口稳定地增加。
  There was a steady increase in population.
• 世界人口急剧增长。
  Shìjiè rénkǒu jíjù zēngzhǎng.
  World population has rapidly increased.
• 事故没减少而增加。
  Instead of fewer accidents there are more.
• 汽车的数量在增长。
  The number of cars is on the increase.

Words starting with 增

• 增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
• 增长zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
• 增添zēng tiānto add; to increase
• 增强zēng qiángto increase; to strengthen
• 增多zēng duōto increase; to grow in number
• 增大zēng dàto enlarge; to amplify; to magnify
• 增值zēng zhíto appreciate (financially); to increase in value; value-added (accountancy)
• 增进zēng jìnto promote; to enhance; to further
• 增长率zēng zhǎng lǜgrowth rate (esp. in economics)
• 增值税zēng zhí shuìvalue-added tax (VAT)
• 增设zēng shèto add to existing facilities or services
• 增幅zēng fúgrowth rate; amplification
• 增收zēng shōuto increase revenue; to increase income by (x amount)…
• 增高zēng gāoto heighten; to raise; to increase
• 增刊zēng kānadditional publication; supplement (to a newspaper)
• 增速zēng sùto speed up; to accelerate; (economics) growth rate
• 增援zēng yuánto reinforce
• 增产zēng chǎnto increase production
• 增减zēng jiǎnto add or subtract; to increase or decrease; to go up or go down
• 增加值zēng jiā zhívalue added (accountancy)
• 增补zēng bǔto augment; to supplement; to add
• 增生zēng shēng(medicine) hyperplasia; a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who…
• 增量zēng liàngincrement
• 增资zēng zīcapital increase

Words containing 增

• 递增dì zēngto increase by degrees; in increasing order; incremental
• 与日俱增yǔ rì jù zēngto increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
• 新增xīn zēngto add (sth new); newly added; additional
• 倍增bèi zēngto double; to redouble; to increase many times over
• 猛增měng zēngsharp increase; rapid growth
• 激增jī zēngto increase rapidly; to shoot up
• 有增无减yǒu zēng wú jiǎnto increase without letup; to get worse and worse (idiom)
• 日增rì zēngincreasing by the day
• 剧增jù zēngdramatic increase
• 续增xù zēngaddition; appendix; addendum
• 有增无已yǒu zēng wú yǐconstantly increasing without limit (idiom); rapid progress in all directions
• 经济增长jīng jì zēng zhǎngeconomic growth
• 几何级数增长jǐ hé jí shù zēng zhǎngexponential increase
• 经济增长率jīng jì zēng zhǎng lǜeconomic growth rate
• 负增长fù zēng zhǎngnegative growth; economic recession
• 日益增加rì yì zēng jiāto increase daily
• 经济增加值jīng jì zēng jiā zhíEconomic value added, EVA
• 年均增长率nián jūn zēng zhǎng lǜaverage annual growth rate
• 扩增kuò zēngto augment; to amplify; to extend
• 扩增实境kuò zēng shí jìngaugmented reality (computing)
• 价值增殖jià zhí zēng zhívalorization (in Marxist theory)
• 倍增器bèi zēng qìmultiplier
• 骨质增生gǔ zhì zēng shēng(medicine) hyperostosis
• 马齿徒增mǎ chǐ tú zēng(self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)

Characters built on 曾

These share the phonetic component 曾 (céng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 赠zèngto give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
• 憎zēngto detest
• 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽
• 蹭cèngto rub against; to walk slowly; (colloquial) to freeload
• 噌cēngto scold; whoosh!
• 甑zèngcauldron; rice pot
• 缯zēngsilk fabrics
• 罾zēnglarge square net

Characters that look like 增

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 潜qiánhidden; secret; latent
• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 憎zēngto detest
• 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽
• 漕cáoto transport (esp. grain) by water; (literary) watercourse; canal
• 噌cēngto scold; whoosh!

Sounds the same

Read zēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 曾great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
• 憎to detest
• 矰arrow with a streamer
• 缯silk fabrics
• 罾large square net
• 橧dwelling on top of wooden stakes
• 鄫surname Zeng; Zhou vassal state; also pr. Céng