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更加

gèng jiā

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

更加 (gèng jiā) means "even more (than before)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 更加 means

1. more (than sth else)
2. even more

How 更加 is used in grammar

更加 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree Adverbs: 比较, 更加, 相当, 极 (HSK 3)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 4, adverbs (程度副词).

The characters in 更加

• 更gèngmore; even more; further
• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment

Example sentences

• 我想更加自立。
  Wǒ xiǎng gèng jiā zìlì.
  I want to be more independent.
• 我必须更加努力。
  I need to go at it harder.
• 下次我会更加努力。
  I'll try harder next time.
• 从现在起，更加努力。
  From now on, try harder.
• 我们本该更加努力学习。
  We should've studied harder.
• 我希望你更加努力地工作。
  Wǒ xīwàng nǐ gèng jiā nǔlì de gōngzuò.
  I expect you to work harder.

Where 更加 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Discourse Particles & Adverbs (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gèng jiā correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.