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HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

增长

zēng zhǎng

to grow; growth

Stroke order of 增长

2 characters, 19 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

增 · 15 strokes长 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

More earth heaped up (增) and growing long (长) shows growth.

Parts: 增 increase + 长 grow

The characters in 增长

  • 长 zhǎng — to grow; head; chief (4 strokes)

Example sentence

经济在快速增长。

The economy is growing rapidly.

Words with 增

增加to increase

Words with 长

长大to grow up家长parent; head of family班长class monitor队长team captain组长group leader市长mayor校长headmaster; principal院长dean; director (of an institute)长to grow; head; chief部长minister; head of department所长head of an institute长城the Great Wall长期long-term长处strong point成长to grow up生长to grow

More words: Increase & Decrease

增加to increase上升to rise升to rise; to promote; liter加快to speed up加强to strengthen补充to add; to supplement补to make up for; to mend缺to lack缺少to lack; shortage失去to lose消失to disappear浪费to waste节约to save; to economize存to store; to deposit保存to keep; to save

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