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 递 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

递 dì
增 zēng