增加

See also: 増加

Chinese

		to increase; to expand; to add	to add; plus
simp. and trad. (增加)		增	加
anagram		加增

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zēngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zang¹ gaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dang¹ ga¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chen-kâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chng-ka / cheng-ka / cheng-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ gia¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zēngjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zengjia
    • Wade–Giles: tsêng¹-chia¹
    • Yale: dzēng-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzengjia
    • Palladius: цзэнцзя (czɛnczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: jāng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dang¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³ ka³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chen-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: zen ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zen⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sen⁵⁵ ka²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-ka
    • Tâi-lô: tsng-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngkaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-ka
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengkaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kee
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ gia¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng kia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ kia³³/

Verb

增加

1. to add; to augment; to increase; to raise; to boost

   增加強度／增加强度  ―  zēngjiā qiángdù  ―  to increase intensity

   增加警力  ―  zēngjiā jǐnglì  ―  to boost police presence

   增加就業機會／增加就业机会  ―  zēngjiā jiùyè jīhuì  ―  to increase job opportunities

   減少儲蓄，增加消費 [MSC, trad.]
   减少储蓄，增加消费 [MSC, simp.]

   jiǎnshǎo chǔxù, zēngjiā xiāofèi [Pinyin]

   to save less and spend more

   老闆不願意增加店員。 [MSC, trad.]
   老板不愿意增加店员。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎobǎn bù yuànyì zēngjiā diànyuán. [Pinyin]

   The boss is unwilling to increase the number of employees.

Synonyms

• 加 (jiā)
• 加上 (jiāshàng)
• 加多 (jiāduō)
• 加大 (jiādà)
• 加添 (jiātiān)
• 增 (zēng)
• 增多 (zēngduō)
• 增添 (zēngtiān)
• 增益 (zēngyì)
• 增長／增长 (zēngzhǎng)
• 廣益／广益 (guǎngyì) (literary)
• 施
• 添加 (tiānjiā)
• 補／补 (bǔ)
• 附益 (fùyì) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)

Derived terms

• 增加值
• 增減／增减 (zēngjiǎn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (增加):

• → Japanese: 増(ぞう)加(か) (zōka)
• → Korean: 증가(增加) (jeungga)

References

• “Entry #11022”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
增	加
ぞう Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 4
kan’yōon	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 增加 – see the following entry.

【増加ぞうか】 [noun] increasing (increased amount) [verb] increase (in quantity or volume)

(This term, 增加, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
增	加

Noun

增加 • (jeungga) (hangeul 증가)

1. Hanja form^? of 증가.