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增收 (zēng shōu) — to increase revenue or income; to levy (a surcharge, tax increase, etc.); (of a school) to increase student intake

Definition

A compound verb meaning to increase income or revenue, often used in business and government contexts. It narrows 增产/增值 to money — for production use 增产, for value-added use 增值.

verb
to increase revenue or incometo levy (a surcharge, tax increase, etc.)(of a school) to increase student intake

Examples

  • 增收。
    Gōng sī jīn nián zēng shōu le bǎi fēn zhī èr shí.
    The company increased its revenue by twenty percent this year.
  • 增收。
    Zhèng fǔ jì huà zēng shōu xiāo fèi shuì yǐ píng héng yù suàn.
    The government plans to levy a consumption tax increase to balance the budget.
  • 增收。
    Nà suǒ dà xué jīn nián zēng shōu le liǎng bǎi míng xīn shēng.
    That university increased its student intake by two hundred freshmen this year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

增zēngincrease
收shōuincome

增 means increase and 收 means income or receipts, so 增收 is to increase income.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
曾
曾céng增zēng
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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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