增高 (zēng gāo) — to increase in height; to raise; to heighten | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to increase in heightto raiseto heighten

Examples

，增高。
Zhè zhǒng yào kě yǐ cù jìn gǔ gé shēng zhǎng, bāng zhù zēng gāo shēn gāo.
This medicine can promote bone growth and help increase height.
增高。
Gōng sī jì huà tōng guò péi xùn zēng gāo yuán gōng de gōng zuò néng lì.
The company plans to raise employees' work ability through training.
增高。
Quán qiú biàn nuǎn dǎo zhì hǎi píng miàn bú duàn zēng gāo.
Global warming causes sea levels to keep rising.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

增zēngincrease

增 means to make more, and 高 shows the result is greater height.

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.

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

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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