猛增

měngzēng

verb #33,888

Meanings

1 to increase sharply
2 to surge
3 to grow rapidly

Characters

fierce; sudden; violent

to increase; to add

Examples

今年的销量猛增了一倍。

Jīnnián de xiāoliàng měngzēngle yī bèi.

Sales this year have doubled.

失业率猛增让政府很担心。

Shīyè lǜ měngzēng ràng zhèngfǔ hěn dānxīn.

The sharp rise in unemployment has the government worried.

Tips

usage

猛增 is news-register vocabulary for sharp jumps in numbers — sales, prices, cases, users. The 猛 (fierce/sudden) prefix shows the change is fast and large; for milder rises use 增加 or 上升.

Stroke Order

猛 měng

增 zēng