日益

rìyì

adverb HSK 7 #14,417

Meanings

1 increasingly
2 day by day
3 more and more

Characters

increasingly; more

Literally 'daily more' — increasingly with each passing day

Examples

人们对健康问题日益重视。

Rénmen duì jiànkāng wèntí rìyì zhòngshì.

People are paying increasing attention to health issues.

两国之间的合作日益密切。

Liǎng guó zhījiān de hézuò rìyì mìqiè.

Cooperation between the two countries is becoming increasingly close.

随着城市化的推进，交通问题日益突出。

Suízhe chéngshìhuà de tuījìn, jiāotōng wèntí rìyì tūchū.

With urbanization advancing, traffic problems are becoming more and more prominent.

Tips

usage

日益 is more formal than 越来越. It can describe both positive and negative trends, unlike 日新月异 which is only positive. Similar to 日趋 (rìqū) but slightly more common.

Stroke Order

日 rì

益 yì