HSK 4 · Verbs

增加 zēngjiā “to raise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 增加 means

  1. to raise
  2. to increase

How to say 增加

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale增zēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale加jiā1st tone, high and level

增加 in a sentence

  1. 出国的人数一直在增加。

    Chūguó de rénshù yìzhí zài zēngjiā.

    The number of people who go abroad has been increasing.

    Sentence #1394883 from Tatoeba

  2. 学生人数一年比一年增加。

    Xuésheng rénshù yì nián bǐ yì nián zēngjiā.

    The number of students grows year by year.

    Sentence #3537968 from Tatoeba

  3. 晴朗的天气增加了野营的乐趣。

    Qínglǎng de tiānqì zēngjiā le yěyíng de lèqù.

    The sunny weather made camping even more fun.

    Sentence #333911 from Tatoeba

How 增加 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 增 (zēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
增zēngto increase; to augment; to add to
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 曾already · céngSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 曾 (céng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zēng.

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 增加

增 15 strokes · 加 5 strokes

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

Words related to 增加

Words with 增

增添zēngtiān · to add递增dìzēng · to increase steadily与日俱增yǔrìjùzēng · to grow day by day

Words with 加

加jiā · to add参加cānjiā · participate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加剧jiājù · to intensify施加shījiā · to exert加工jiāgōng · to process

More words: Common Verbs

赢yíng · to beat预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson约会yuēhuì · appointment允许yǔnxǔ · to permit照zhào · to shine整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange只好zhǐhǎo · to have no other option but to …指zhǐ · finger

FAQs

增加 (zēngjiā) means “to raise” or “to increase”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zēngjiā: zēng with a 1st 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. 增加 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zengjia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 增加 from the suggestions. Typing zengjia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
增加 is an HSK 4 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.