越来越
More and more
HSK 2 · 4 examples
Speed
越来越 + adjective or verb describes a change that keeps going in one direction.
It is about change over time, not about comparing two things at one moment.
Examples
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The weather is getting colder and colder.
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His Chinese is getting better and better.
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More and more people come to China to study.
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I like it here more and more.
Watch out
- 不用加很：越来越很冷 ✗ → 越来越冷 ✓
- Want to say 'better and better'? 越来越好。
Words in these examples
All 16 words used in the examples above — tap any word in an example to look it up in place. Words above this level are marked new.
- 天气tiān qìHSK 1weather
- 越来越yuè lái yuèHSK 2more and more
- 冷lěngHSK 1cold, cool; lonely
- 了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
- 他tāHSK 1other, another; he, she, it
- 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
- 中文zhōng wénHSK 1Chinese language
- 好hǎoHSK 1good, excellent, fine; well
- 来láiHSK 1come, coming; return, returning
- 中国zhōng guóHSK 1China
- 学习xué xíHSK 1to learn; to study
- 人rénHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
- 多duōHSK 1much, many; more than, over
- 我wǒHSK 1our, us, i, me, my, we
- 喜欢xǐ huanHSK 1to like; to be fond of
- 这里zhè lǐHSK 1here