增

zēng

increase, add to, augment

How to write 增, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 土 (earth), phonetic 曾

Made of 土 + 曾

增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
增长zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
增强zēng qiángto increase; to strengthen
增援zēng yuánto reinforce
增大zēng dàto enlarge; to amplify; to magnify
增添zēng tiānto add; to increase
增多zēng duōto increase; to grow in number
增进zēng jìnto promote; to enhance; to further; to advance (a cause etc)
激增jī zēngto increase rapidly; to shoot up
剧增jù zēngdramatic increase
增值zēng zhíto appreciate (financially); to increase in value; value-added (accountancy)
增光zēng guāngto add luster; to add glory

增强我们的健康,这个很重要。
zēng qiáng wǒ men de jiàn kāng , zhè ge hěn zhòng yào 。
It is important that we build up our health.
近年的游客数量大幅增加。
jìn nián de yóu kè shù liàng dà fú zēng jiā 。
The number of tourists has increased greatly in recent years.
7月份工业生产大幅增长。
7 yuè fèn gōng yè shēng chǎn dà fú zēng zhǎng 。
Industrial production rose sharply in July.
车辆增多会影响到城市的环境。
chē liàng zēng duō huì yǐng xiǎng dào chéng shì de huán jìng 。
An increase in the number of cars will affect the urban environment.
胡萝卜为我的餐点增添了色彩。
hú luó bo wèi wǒ de cān diǎn zēng tiān le sè cǎi 。
Carrots add color to my meals.