增长

Character by character

• 增zēng15 strokesHSK 3increase, add to, augment
• 长zhǎng4 strokesHSK 2 traditional 長long; length; excel in; leader

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 世界人口急剧增长。

  Shì jiè rén kǒu jí jù zēng zhǎng

  World population has rapidly increased.

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• 汽车的数量在增长。

  Qì chē de shù liàng zài zēng zhǎng

  The number of cars is on the increase.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 增长. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 长zhǎngHSK 2

  chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance

• 增加zēng jiāHSK 3

  to raise; to increase

• 长大zhǎng dàHSK 2

  to grow up

• 成长chéng zhǎngHSK 3

  to mature; to grow; growth

• 家长jiā zhǎngHSK 2

  head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 局长jú zhǎngHSK 5

  bureau chief

• 队长duì zhǎngHSK 2

  captain; team leader

• 校长xiào zhǎngHSK 2

  (college, university) president; headmaster

• 市长shì zhǎngHSK 2

  mayor

• 部长bù zhǎngHSK 3

  head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister

• 生长shēng zhǎngHSK 3

  to grow; to grow up; to be brought up

• 增强zēng qiángHSK 5

  to increase; to strengthen

• 增zēngHSK 5

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

• 擅长shàn chángHSK 7

  to be good at; to be expert in

• 会长huì zhǎngHSK 6

  president of a club, committee etc

• 漫长màn chángHSK 5

  very long; endless

• 增产zēng chǎnHSK 5

  to increase production

• 延长yán chángHSK 4

  to prolong; to extend; to delay

• 长久cháng jiǔHSK 6

  (for a) long time

• 院长yuàn zhǎngHSK 2

  the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China

• 船长chuán zhǎngHSK 6

  captain (of a boat); skipper

• 长度cháng dùHSK 5

  length

• 长相zhǎng xiàngHSK 7

  appearance; looks; profile; countenance