递增

遞增
dìzēng
verb HSK 7-9 #62,380

Meanings

  1. 1 to increase progressively
  2. 2 to increase by degrees
  3. 3 to rise step by step

Examples

HSK 6
Fákuǎn jīn'é àn wéiguī cìshù dìzēng.
The fine goes up with each further violation.
HSK 7-9
Gōngsī de xiāoshòu'é liánxù sān nián dìzēng.
The company's sales have risen three years running.
HSK 7-9
Shùjù xiǎnshì, yònghù shùliàng chéng zhúnián dìzēng de qūshì.
The data show user numbers rising year on year.

Tips

usage
Says how the increase happens, not just that it happens: one step at a time, across successive periods or levels. The mirror word is 递减. Plain 增加 carries no such pattern. Register is reports, statistics and contracts.
memory
The here is the one in 传递 and 快递, to pass along. The rise is handed on from one period to the next.

Stroke Order

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