加大

jiādà

verb #8,380

Meanings

1 to increase; to enlarge; to intensify
2 to step up; to strengthen

Characters

to add; to increase; plus

big; large; great

Literally 'add big' — to make something bigger or more intense.

Examples

政府决定加大对教育的投入。

Zhèngfǔ juédìng jiādà duì jiàoyù de tóurù.

The government decided to increase investment in education.

我们需要加大力度打击犯罪。

Wǒmen xūyào jiādà lìdù dǎjī fànzuì.

We need to step up efforts to fight crime.

请把音量加大一点。

Qǐng bǎ yīnliàng jiādà yīdiǎn.

Please turn up the volume a bit.

Tips

usage

加大力度 (jiādà lìdù, increase efforts/intensity) is a very common collocation, especially in news and official contexts. Compare with 增大 (zēngdà, to grow larger) which emphasizes the result, while 加大 emphasizes the active effort.

Stroke Order

加 jiā

大 dà