Chinese word dictionary

更加

gèngjiā · more (than sth else); even more

Practice word

Word information

Simplified更加

Traditional更加

Pinyingèngjiā

Part of speech副

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.05

Character breakdown

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

更gèng

more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify

加jiā

to add to, to increase, to augment

How to learn 更加

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.

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Words with the same characters

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参加cānjiā

to participate; to take part; to join

更gèng

more; even more; further; still; still more

加jiā

Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia; to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")

加班jiābān

to work overtime

加快jiākuài

to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten

加强jiāqiáng

to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance