成倍 (chéng bèi) — by multiple times, exponentially (before verbs of increase); multiply (as in 成倍增长 'to increase by multiples')
Definition
Adverbial phrase meaning 'to multiply (several times / exponentially)' — used directly before increase verbs like 增长, 提高, 降低 to signal the change happens by many times over.
adverb
by multiple timesexponentially (before verbs of increase)multiply (as in 成倍增长 'to increase by multiples')
Examples
- 成倍。Gōng sī de lì rùn qù nián chéng bèi zēng zhǎng.The company's profit grew by multiples last year.
- 成倍。Xīn jì shù de yìng yòng shǐ shēng chǎn xiào lǜ chéng bèi tí gāo.The application of new technology increased production efficiency exponentially.
- ，成倍。Cǎi yòng zhè ge fāng àn hòu, chéng běn chéng bèi jiàng dī.After adopting this plan, costs were reduced by multiple times.
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