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增大

zēngdà

to grow larger

A person inflating a balloon
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Characters in this word

增 zēng

Strokes
15
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 曾 already, formerly, once
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 风力增大了。 Fēnglì zēngdà le. The wind got stronger.
  • 声音在增大。 Shēngyīn zài zēngdà. The sound is getting louder.
  • 压力会增大。 Yālì huì zēngdà. The pressure will increase.

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