增多 (zēng duō) — to increase (in number or quantity) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A formal/literate verb meaning 'to increase in number or amount' — the more written counterpart to the everyday 增加.

verb

to increase (in number or quantity)

Examples

，增多。
Suí zhe jīng jì de fā zhǎn, chéng shì rén kǒu bú duàn zēng duō.
With economic development, the urban population keeps increasing.
增多。
Zuì jìn gōng sī de dìng dān shù liàng zēng duō le hěn duō.
The number of orders at the company has increased a lot recently.
增多。
Cháng qī áo yè huì dǎo zhì jiàn kāng wèn tí zēng duō.
Staying up late over a long period can cause health problems to increase.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

增zēngincrease

The parts 增 'increase' and 多 'more' combine to mean becoming greater in number.

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

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.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

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