HSK 6 · Verbs

加剧 jiājù “to intensify” in Chinese

Traditional 加劇

What 加剧 means

  1. to intensify
  2. to worsen
  3. to aggravate

How to say 加剧

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale加jiā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale剧jù4th tone, falling

加剧 in a sentence

  1. 海面随着全球变暖的加剧而越来越高。

    Hǎimiàn suízhe quánqiú biànnuǎn de jiājù ér yuèláiyuè gāo.

    As global warming intensifies, sea levels keep rising.

    Sentence #758811 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 加剧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 加 (jiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
加jiāto add
  • 力strength · lì
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidStrength 力 added to words 口: to add.

The character 剧 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
剧jùtheatrical work
  • 居to live · jīSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

How to write 加剧

加 5 strokes · 剧 10 strokes

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加剧 (jiājù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 加剧 (jiājù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 加剧

Words with 加

加jiā · to add参加cānjiā · participate增加zēngjiā · to raise加班jiābān · to work overtime加油jiāyóu · to cheer on加入jiārù · to join更加gèngjiā · even more加油站jiāyóuzhàn · petrol station施加shījiā · to exert加工jiāgōng · to process

Words with 剧

京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera戏剧xìjù · drama急剧jíjù · sharp剧烈jùliè · violent剧本jùběn · script (for a play or film)

More words: Common Verbs

还原huányuán · to restore回避huíbì · to avoid毁灭huǐmiè · to destroy混合hùnhé · to mix溅jiàn · to splash拣jiǎn · to pick将就jiāngjiu · to make do降临jiànglín · to arrive

FAQs

加剧 (jiājù) means “to intensify” or “to worsen”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiājù: jiā with a 1st tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 加剧 is written 加劇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 加剧 from the suggestions. Typing jiaju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
加剧 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.