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增长

zēng zhǎng · zeng zhang

Traditional 增長

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to grow
  2. to increase
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Savings

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)存款(cúnkuǎn)每个月(měigèyuè)都(dōu)在(zài)增长(zēngzhǎng)。

    My savings grow every month.

  2. Dengdeng

    增长(zēngzhǎng)得(de)快(kuài)吗(ma)？

    Do they grow fast?

  3. Liangliang

    每个月(měigèyuè)只(zhǐ)增长(zēngzhǎng)五十块(wǔshíkuài)。

    Only fifty yuan a month. Slowly.

  4. Dengdeng

    五十(wǔshí)？那(nà)一年(yīnián)就是(jiùshì)六百块(liùbǎikuài)。

    Fifty? Then that's six hundred a year.

  5. Liangliang

    对(duì)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)买(mǎi)零食(língshí)的(de)钱(qián)也(yě)在(zài)增长(zēngzhǎng)。

    Yes. But the money I spend on snacks is also growing.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)的(de)存款(cúnkuǎn)其实(qíshí)没有(méiyǒu)增长(zēngzhǎng)吧(ba)？

    Then your savings haven't really grown, right?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

世(shì)界(jiè)人(rén)口(kǒu)急(jí)剧(jù)增(zēng)长(zhǎng)。

World population has rapidly increased.

Tatoeba: Chinese by murr · English by weihaiping · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)公(gōng)司(sī)的(de)利(lì)润(rùn)连(lián)续(xù)三(sān)年(nián)保(bǎo)持(chí)增(zēng)长(zhǎng)。

This company's profits have kept growing for three consecutive years.

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增
zēng

(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to

长
cháng

length; long

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