HSK 6 · Verbs

增添 zēngtiān “to add” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 增添 means

  1. to add
  2. to increase

How to say 增添

  • 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添tiān1st tone, high and level

增添 in a sentence

  1. 胡萝卜为我的餐点增添了色彩。

    Húluóbo wèi wǒ de cāndiǎn zēngtiān le sècǎi.

    Carrots add colour to my meals.

    Sentence #13543147 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 增添 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 添 (tiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
添tiānto add; to increase; to replenish
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 忝shame · tiǎnSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 忝 (tiǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with tiān.

How to write 增添

增 15 strokes · 添 11 strokes

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

Words related to 增添

Words with 增

增加zēngjiā · to raise递增dìzēng · to increase steadily与日俱增yǔrìjùzēng · to grow day by day

Words with 添

画蛇添足huàshétiānzú · to spoil something by adding the unnecessary (lit. drawing legs on a snake)锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better

More words: Common Verbs

糟蹋zāotà · to waste遭殃zāoyāng · to suffer disaster遭遇zāoyù · to encounter赠送zèngsòng · to give as a present扎zhā · to prick占据zhànjù · to occupy展示zhǎnshì · to display展现zhǎnxiàn · to show

FAQs

增添 (zēngtiān) means “to add” or “to increase”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zēngtiān: zēng with a 1st tone, then tiān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 增添 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zengtian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 增添 from the suggestions. Typing zengtian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
增添 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.