zēng

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

earth (土) + sound (曾) = to increase, add to

Earth piles up and accumulates — the soil radical anchors the sense of things growing or building in quantity. 曾 gives the sound zēng and does not carry meaning here.

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OncePhonetic

这个月我们店的销售量有所加。

zhè ge yuè wǒ men diàn de xiāo shòu liàng yǒu suǒ zēng jiā。

This month our store's sales volume has increased somewhat.

政府决定加对教育的投入。

zhèng fǔ jué dìng zēng jiā duì jiào yù de tóu rù。

The government decided to increase investment in education.

Words with 增

递增

dì zēng

to increase by degrees

马齿徒增

mǎ chǐ tú zēng

(self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)

骨髓增生异常综合征

gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng

myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

倍增

bèi zēng

to double

倍增器

bèi zēng qì

multiplier

价值增殖

jià zhí zēng zhí

valorization (in Marxist theory)

剧增

jù zēng

dramatic increase

增广

zēng guǎng

to widen

单核细胞增多症

dān hé xì bāo zēng duō zhèng

mononucleosis

增三和弦

zēng sān hé xián

augmented triad (musical chord)

增值

zēng zhí

to appreciate (financially)

增值税

zēng zhí shuì

value-added tax (VAT)

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