HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Adverbs

更加 gèngjiā “even more” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 更加 means

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

How to say 更加

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale更gèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale加jiā1st tone, high and level

更加 in a sentence

  1. 下次我会更加努力。

    Xiàcì wǒ huì gèngjiā nǔlì.

    I’ll try harder next time.

    Sentence #834680 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 现代科学技术让我们的生活更加舒适。

    Xiàndài kēxué jìshù ràng wǒmen de shēnghuó gèngjiā shūshì.

    Modern science and technology have made our lives more comfortable.

    Sentence #8690292 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 随着年龄的增长，他变得更加聪明。

    Suízhe niánlíng de zēngzhǎng, tā biàn de gèngjiā cōngming.

    He became wiser as he got older.

    Sentence #1284202 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 更加 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 更 (gèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
更gèngmore
  • 一one · yī
  • 曰say · yuē
  • 乂to govern · yì
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.

How to write 更加

更 7 strokes · 加 5 strokes

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

Words related to 更加

Words with 更

更gèng · more更正gēngzhèng · to correct更新gēngxīn · to update自力更生zìlìgēngshēng · self-reliance

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加油站jiāyóuzhàn · petrol station加剧jiājù · to intensify施加shījiā · to exert加工jiāgōng · to process

More words: Adverbs & Degree

刚刚gānggāng · just now越来越yuèláiyuè · more and more好好hǎohǎo · properly再次zàicì · once again仍réng · still仅jǐn · only共gòng · altogether实际上shíjìshàng · in fact

FAQs

更加 (gèngjiā) means “even more” or “more”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it gèngjiā: gèng with a 4th tone, then jiā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 更加 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gengjia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 更加 from the suggestions. Typing gengjia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
更加 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older 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.