HSK 6 · Function Words

日益 rìyì “increasingly” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 日益 means

  1. increasingly
  2. day by day
  3. more and more
  4. more and more with each passing day

How to say 日益

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale日rì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale益yì4th tone, falling

日益 in a sentence

  1. 我们的生活日益变得更舒适更自动化。

    Wǒmen de shēnghuó rìyì biàn de gèng shūshì gèng zìdònghuà.

    Our lives are becoming more comfortable and more automated by the day.

    Sentence #6799691 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 中国有日益壮大的中产阶层。

    Zhōngguó yǒu rìyì zhuàngdà de zhōngchǎn jiēcéng.

    China has a growing middle class.

    Sentence #10194197 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 罗伯特的健康状况日益恶化。

    Luóbótè de jiànkāng zhuàngkuàng rìyì èhuà.

    Robert’s health is getting worse by the day.

    Sentence #13495628 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 日益 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 日 (rì) with each of its parts in a different colour
日rìsun
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from the sun.

The character 益 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
益yìbenefit
  • 水water · shuǐ
  • 皿dish · mǐn

How to write 日益

日 4 strokes · 益 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 日益

Words with 日

星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday日rì · day生日shēngrì · birthday节日jiérì · holiday工作日gōngzuòrì · working day日记rìjì · diary日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date日子rìzi · day日程rìchéng · schedule

Words with 益

利益lìyì · benefit收益shōuyì · earnings效益xiàoyì · benefit精益求精jīngyìqiújīng · to strive for perfection

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起码qǐmǎ · at least仍旧réngjiù · still人家rénjia · other people任意rènyì · at will若干ruògān · a certain number啥shá · what (informal)尚且shàngqiě · even势必shìbì · bound to

FAQs

日益 (rìyì) means “increasingly” or “day by day”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it rìyì: rì with a 4th tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 日益 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type riyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 日益 from the suggestions. Typing riyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
日益 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.