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增长

zēng zhǎng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 增長

增长 (zēng zhǎng) means "to grow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 增长 means

1. to grow; to increase

The characters in 增长

• 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte

Example sentences

• 人口正在增长。
  The population is growing.
• 世界人口急剧增长。
  Shìjiè rénkǒu jíjù zēngzhǎng.
  World population has rapidly increased.
• 汽车的数量在增长。
  The number of cars is on the increase.
• 缅甸反华情绪正在增长。
  Miǎndiàn fǎn Huá qíngxù zhèngzài zēngzhǎng.
  Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise in Myanmar.
• 少年犯罪最近一直在增长。
  Shàoniánfàn zuì zuì jìn yīzhí zài zēngzhǎng.
  Juvenile crimes have been increasing recently.
• 7月份工业生产大幅增长。
  Industrial production rose sharply in July.

Words starting with 增长

• 增长率zēng zhǎng lǜgrowth rate (esp. in economics)
• 增长天Zēng zhǎng tiānVirudhaka (one of the Heavenly Kings)

Words containing 增长

• 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
• 年均增长率nián jūn zēng zhǎng lǜaverage annual growth rate

Where 增长 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Environment & protection (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zēng zhǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.