增长 zēngzhǎng to grow
to grow; to increase
How to remember 增长: 增 increase + 长 long = to grow.
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How it is used
- Verb/noun for growth in quantity, rate, or scale - economy, population, income, GDP - not the physical growth of a person or plant.
- Contrast with 长大 (zhǎngdà, a child growing up) and 生长 (shēngzhǎng, biological growth of organisms); 增长 is about numbers going up.
- Common collocations: 增长率 (zēngzhǎnglǜ) growth rate, 经济增长 (jīngjì zēngzhǎng) economic growth.
- Frequent in news and reports, e.g. 收入大幅增长 (shōurù dàfú zēngzhǎng) - income grew sharply.
Example sentences
- 汽车的数量在增长。 Qìchē de shùliàng zài zēngzhǎng.The number of cars is on the increase.
- 交通事故的数量似乎在增长。 Jiāotōngshìgù de shùliàng sìhū zài zēngzhǎng.The number of traffic accidents seems to be on the increase.
- 这几年对作业疗法的需求在迅速增长。 Zhè jǐnián duì zuòyè liáofǎ de xūqiú zài xùnsù zēngzhǎng.Demand for occupational therapy has surged in recent years.