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title: "越来越 + adjective in Chinese Grammar: More and more …, With Examples"
description: "越来越 + adjective: more and more …. 越来越 + adjective/verb: something keeps increasing. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 越来越 + adjective

More and more …

越来越 + adjective/verb: something keeps increasing.

## In stories

风一吹，火**越来越大**，一下子到了他们自己的房子。

[火烧观音院 · Fire at Guanyin Temple](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13#library-word-627-631) HSK 3

排在前面的人**越来越少**。

[楼下（下） · Downstairs (part 2)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-downstairs-part-2#library-word-401-405) HSK 3

她走了以后，这儿的花**越来越少**。

[七楼 · 第十二天 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 12: The Roof Room](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-12-the-roof-room#library-word-285-289) HSK 3

到了三楼、四楼、五楼，楼里**越来越安静**。

[七楼 · 第三天 · The Seventh Floor, Episode 3: The Locked Iron Door](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-seventh-floor-episode-3-the-locked-iron-door#library-word-181-186) HSK 3

[Read 火烧观音院](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-13#library-word-627-631)

## More patterns

- [去/来 + place + verb (go somewhere to do something) go somewhere to do something](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/qu-place-v)
- [verb + 来 + verb + 去 do something over and over; back and forth](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-lai-v-qu)
- [越…越… the more …, the more …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yue-yue)
- [听起来 sounds (like); it sounds …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/tingqilai)
- [看起来 looks (like); it seems](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/kanqilai)
- [对…来说 for …; as far as … is concerned](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/dui-lai-shuo)

## What does 越来越 + adjective mean in Chinese?

More and more …. 越来越 + adjective/verb: something keeps increasing.

## How common is 越来越 + adjective?

It comes up in 29 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.