愈发 (yù fā) — even more; increasingly

Definition

Written adverb meaning 'increasingly / even more', stressing a continuing trend. More literary than 越来越, which is the everyday spoken equivalent.

adverb
even moreincreasingly

Examples

  • ,愈发。
    Suí zhe nián líng zēng zhǎng, tā yù fā dǒng de zhēn xī shí jiān.
    As he grows older, he increasingly understands the value of time.
  • 愈发,。
    Tiān qì yù fā hán lěng, jì de duō chuān yī fu.
    The weather is getting even colder; remember to wear more clothes.
  • 愈发,。
    Tā de biǎo yǎn yù fā jīng cǎi, guān zhòng zhǎng shēng bú duàn.
    Her performance became even more brilliant, and the audience kept applauding.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

愈yùmore
发fāmore

愈 and 发 both express 'more', so together they intensify to 'even more'.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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