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Grow in Chinese

to grow · HSK 4

增长 zēng zhǎng

  1. 增 zēng to increase
  2. 长 cháng long

公司的收入增长了一倍。 The company's income has doubled.

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How do you say grow in Chinese?

Grow in Chinese is 增长 (zēng zhǎng). You can also say 生长 (shēng zhǎng), 种植 (zhòng zhí), 发育 (fā yù), 长 (zhǎng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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