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): ㄗㄥㄐㄧㄚ
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zēngjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄥㄐㄧㄚ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chen-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: zen ga^ˊ
  - 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

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.
- 連相坐之法，造參夷之誅；增加肉刑、大辟，有鑿顛、抽脅、鑊亨之刑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  连相坐之法，造参夷之诛；增加肉刑、大辟，有凿颠、抽胁、镬亨之刑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Lián xiàngzuò zhī fǎ, zào cān yí zhī zhū; zēngjiā ròuxíng, dàpì, yǒu záo diān, chōu xié, huò hēng zhī xíng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 所費既不增加，而兵士又皆便習。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  所费既不增加，而兵士又皆便习。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 唐．韓愈《黃家賊事宜狀》
  Suǒ fèi jì bù zēngjiā, ér bīngshì yòu jiē biàn xí. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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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 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
“Entry #139106”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

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)

hanja form^? of 증가