增

Meaning(verb)

(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to

Mostly in compounds: 增加, 增长, 增强, 增多.

Examples

• 今年学生人数比去年增了一倍。

  jīn nián xué shēng rén shù bǐ qù nián zēng le yí bèi.

  Student numbers this year doubled from last year.

• 公司又增了两条生产线。

  gōng sī yòu zēng le liǎng tiáo shēng chǎn xiàn.

  The company added two more production lines.

• 出口额比去年增长了百分之十。

  chū kǒu é bǐ qù nián zēng zhǎng le bǎi fēn zhī shí.

  Exports grew ten percent over last year.

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