愈来愈

愈來愈

yùláiyù

adverb HSK 7-9 #19,275

Meanings

1 more and more
2 increasingly

Characters

more; increasingly

to come (connective)

Examples

HSK 1

天气愈来愈冷了。

Tiānqì yùláiyù lěng le.

The weather is getting colder and colder.

HSK 1

他的中文愈来愈好。

Tā de Zhōngwén yùláiyù hǎo.

His Chinese is getting better and better.

Tips

usage

愈来愈 is more formal/literary than 越来越, but they are interchangeable in meaning. Use 愈来愈 in written or formal contexts.

Stroke Order

愈 yù

来 lái