增速

zēngsù

noun HSK 7-9 #95,786

Meanings

HSK 5

这家公司的销售增速连续三年保持在百分之十以上。

Zhè jiā gōngsī de xiāoshòu zēngsù liánxù sān nián bǎochí zài bǎi fēn zhī shí yǐshàng.

The company has held sales growth above ten percent for three years.

HSK 7-9

第二季度的经济增速有所放缓。

Dì-èr jìdù de jīngjì zēngsù yǒusuǒ fànghuǎn.

Economic growth slowed somewhat in the second quarter.

HSK 7-9

列车驶出车站后开始增速。

Lièchē shǐchū chēzhàn hòu kāishǐ zēngsù.

The train began picking up speed once it was clear of the station.

mistakes

It names the rate, not the growth. 增速放缓 says the economy is still growing, only more slowly; actual shrinkage would be 负增长. The growth itself is 增长.

usage

It also works as a verb, to pick up speed, mainly of vehicles and machinery: 列车开始增速. The economic noun is the sense you meet daily in the news.

增 zēng

速 sù