增长

• 拼音: zēng zhǎng
• 汉字拆解: 增 = 土 (earth) + 曾 (once, layer), meaning 'to increase'; 长 = pictograph of a person with long hair, meaning 'long' or 'to grow' (zhǎng)

含义

To grow; to increase. Refers to steady or continuous growth, especially in economic, statistical, or developmental contexts.

Implies a gradual and sustained increase over time. More formal than 增加 and typically used for abstract or large-scale growth: 经济增长 (economic growth), 知识增长 (growth of knowledge), 人口增长 (population growth).

例句

1. 今年的经济增长速度很快。
2. 旅行可以增长我们的见识。
3. 中国的出口额在不断增长。

用法指南

语境: economics, statistics, development

语气: analytical

正确说法

• GDP增长了百分之五。(GDP grew by five percent.)
• 读书可以增长知识。(Reading can increase knowledge.)

错误说法

• 我的身高增长了。(For personal physical growth, use 长高了 — 增长 is for abstract or large-scale growth)

起源与历史

增 (to increase, to add) + 长 (to grow, long). Together: to grow by increasing — sustained growth.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal