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增速

zēngsù

to speed up; to accelerate

A red train speeds past a slower cart on neighbouring tracks
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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

速 sù

Strokes
10
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 束 to bind, to control, to restrain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 速

Example phrases

  • 新引擎能够为数据检索明显增速,但对硬件要求也更高。 Xīn yǐnqíng nénggòu wèi shùjù jiǎnsuǒ míngxiǎn zēngsù, dàn duì yìngjiàn yāoqiú yě gèng gāo. The new engine can clearly speed up data retrieval, but it also has higher hardware requirements.
  • 这五年城市人口的增速明显慢了下来。 Zhè wǔ nián chéngshì rénkǒu de zēngsù míngxiǎn màn le xiàlái. Over these five years, the growth rate of the urban population has clearly slowed down.
  • 新技术确实给物流流程增速,包裹送得更快了。 Xīn jìshù quèshí gěi wùliú liúchéng zēngsù, bāoguǒ sòng de gèng kuài le. The new technology really does speed up logistics, packages are delivered faster now.

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