Chinese word dictionary

增删

zēng shān · add and delete

Practice word

Word information

Simplified增删

Traditional增刪

Pinyinzēng shān

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

增zēng

to increase; to expand; to augment; to add

删shān

to delete; to cut; to censor

How to learn 增删

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

增加zēngjiā

to raise; to increase

to grow; to increase

to delete

to delete; to cancel

(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to

增进zēngjìn

to promote; to enhance; to further; to advance (a cause etc)