增产

• Pinyin: zēng chǎn
• Hanzi breakdown: 增 = increase; 产 = produce/production

Meaning

To increase production; to boost output. Growing the amount produced.

Commonly used in agriculture and manufacturing. Related terms: 增产增收 (increase both output and income), 粮食增产 (grain production increase). Opposite: 减产 (decrease production).

Examples

1. 新技术帮助农民实现了粮食增产。 New technology helped farmers achieve increased grain production.
2. 工厂计划明年增产百分之十五。 The factory plans to increase production by fifteen percent next year.
3. 今年石油增产的目标已经完成。 This year's oil production increase target has been completed.

Usage Guide

Context: agriculture, manufacturing, economics

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 如何增产是农业研究的重点。(How to increase production is a focus of agricultural research.)
• 这项政策促进了粮食增产。(This policy promoted grain production increases.)

Don't Say

• 增产作业 (For homework/assignments, use 增加作业, not 增产)

Origin & History

Compound of 增 (increase) and 产 (produce). To increase production.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal