增多
zēng duō
Pinyin

Definition

增多
 - 
zēng duō
  1. to increase
  2. to grow in number

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多
duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 often
  4. 4 a lot of
  5. 5 numerous
  6. 6 more
  7. 7 in excess
  8. 8 how (to what extent)
  9. 9 multi-
  10. 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
新增
xīn zēng
  1. 1 newly added
  2. 2 additional
  3. 3 to add (to what already exists)
二十多
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20
增
zēng
  1. 1 to increase
  2. 2 to expand
  3. 3 to add

Idioms (20)

不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
人多势众
rén duō shì zhòng
  1. 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. 2 There is safety in numbers.
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster

Sample Sentences

对，支持脱欧派声称，百分之九十的英国经济与对欧盟的贸易无关，但仍然受欧盟规章的掣肘，所以摆脱欧盟将使英国许多中小企业无需再受欧盟规章制度的钳制，就业机会也会因此增多。
duì ，zhīchí tuōōu pài shēngchēng ，bǎifēnzhī jiǔshí de Yīngguó jīngjì yǔ duì Ōuméng de màoyì wúguān ，dàn réngrán shòu Ōuméng guīzhāng de chèzhǒu ，suǒyǐ bǎituō Ōuméng jiāng shǐ Yīngguó xǔduō zhōngxiǎo qìyè wú xū zài shòu Ōuméng guīzhāng zhìdù de qiánzhì ，jiùyè jīhuì yě huì yīncǐ zēngduō 。
Yes, the pro-Brexit camp have stated that 90% of the British economy has nothing to do with trade with the EU, but is still impeded by EU regulations. So breaking free of the EU will mean that many small and medium-sized businesses in the UK will no longer be restrained by EU regulations. This will also result in a growth in employment.
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你听，今天的新闻“巴基斯坦因流浪狗数量增多扰民，政府下达扑杀令”。好惨！政府担心市民被狗咬，杀了好多流浪狗。
nǐ tīng ，jīntiān de xīnwén “bājīsītǎn yīn liúlàng gǒu shùliàng zēngduō rǎomín ，zhèngfǔ xiàdá pūshālìng ”。hǎo cǎn ！zhèngfǔ dānxīn shìmín bèi gǒu yǎo ，shā le hǎo duō liúlàng gǒu 。
Listen to today's news, (reads paper). As the amount of stray dogs in Pakistan has increased and they have proved a nuisance to local people, the government has issued an order for a cull. It's terrible! The government are going to kill lots of stray dogs because they are worried about citizens being bitten.
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