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增长 (zēng zhǎng): to increase, to grow, to rise

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 4verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to increase, to grow, to rise
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 4

Full definitions

to grow
to increase
to grow
to increase (often of abstract quantities such as economy, population, or knowledge)

Chinese explanation

增长指数量、体积或程度变大、变多，通常用于经济、人口、知识、收入等抽象事物。例如经济增长、人口增长、知识增长。
也可以作动词，表示使数量或程度增加，如增长见识、增长才干。

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Character breakdown

HSK 5

(bound form) to increase

HSK 3

long

Example sentences

China's economy continues to grow.

Population growth has put pressure on cities.

His knowledge grows continuously through reading.

The company's profits increased by ten percent this year.

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