增产 (zēng chǎn) — to increase production

Definition

增产 means to increase output or yield (crops, factory output). 产出 focuses on the output itself; 增收 is about income/revenue, not production volume.

verb

to increase production

增产。
Jīn nián wǒ men gōng chǎng de zēng chǎn mù biāo shì bǎi fēn zhī shí.
This year our factory's production increase target is 10%.
增产。
Zhèng fǔ chū tái xīn zhèng cè yǐ zēng chǎn nóng yè chǎn liàng.
The government issued new policies to increase agricultural production.
，增产。
Tōng guò jì shù gé xīn, zhè ge gōng sī shí xiàn le dà fú zēng chǎn.
Through technological innovation, this company achieved a large production increase.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

产chǎnproduction

增 means increase and 产 means production, so 增产 is to increase production.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

土曾增

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

曾

Same sound today

增 uses 土 (earth) to show that things grow in earth or are built from earth, and uses 曾 for the sound. This gives the sense of adding or increasing.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

生生shēngto be born

Sound part声符shēngfú

彥

彥yàn產chǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

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