# 增加
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zēngjiā
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zang$^1$ gaa$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dang$^1$ ga$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chen-kâ
    (Hailu, HRS): zen$^ˋ$ ga$^ˋ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chng-ka / cheng-ka / cheng-kee
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng$^1$ gia$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zēngjiā
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zengjia
*** Wade–Giles: tsêng$^1$-chia$^1$
*** Yale: dzēng-jyā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzengjia
*** Palladius: цзэнцзя (czɛnczja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zang$^1$ gaa$^1$
*** Yale: jāng gā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzang$^1$ gaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeng$^1$ ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dang$^1$ ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ³³ ka³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chen-kâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: zen ga$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zen$^4$ ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sen⁵⁵ ka²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zen$^ˋ$ ga$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sen⁵³ ka⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-ka
*** Tâi-lô: tsng-ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zngkaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ ka³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-ka
*** Tâi-lô: tsing-ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zengkaf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kee
*** Tâi-lô: tsing-kee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêng$^1$ gia$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng kia
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ kia³³/

### Verb

增加
* to add; to augment; to increase; to raise; to boost
    增加強度／增加强度 ― zēngjiā qiángdù ― to increase intensity
    增加警力 ― zēngjiā jǐnglì ― to boost police presence
    增加就業機會／增加就业机会 ― zēngjiā jiùyè jīhuì ― to increase job opportunities
       jiǎnshǎo chǔxù, zēngjiā xiāofèi [Pinyin]
       to save less and spend more
       Lǎobǎn bù yuànyì zēngjiā diànyuán. [Pinyin]
       The boss is unwilling to increase the number of employees.
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Lián xiàngzuò zhī fǎ, zào cān yí zhī zhū; zēngjiā ròuxíng, dàpì, yǒu záo diān, chōu xié, huò hēng zhī xíng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 唐．韓愈《黃家賊事宜狀》
    Suǒ fèi jì bù zēngjiā, ér bīngshì yòu jiē biàn xí. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 加 (jiā)
* 加上 (jiāshàng)
* 加多 (jiāduō)
* 加大 (jiādà)
* 加添 (jiātiān)
* 增 (zēng)
* 增多 (zēngduō)
* 增添 (zēngtiān)
* 增益 (zēngyì)
* 增長 / 增长 (zēngzhǎng)
* 廣益 / 广益 (guǎngyì) (literary)
* 施
* 添加 (tiānjiā)
* 補 / 补 (bǔ)
* 附益 (fùyì) (literary)

#### Antonyms

* 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)

#### Derived terms

* 增加值
* 增減 / 增减 (zēngjiǎn)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 増(ぞう)加(か) (zōka)
* → Korean: 증가(增加) (jeungga)

### References

* “增加”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “增加”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 增 | 加 |
| ぞう Jinmeiyō | か Grade: 4 |
| kan'yōon | kan'on |
For pronunciation and definitions of 增加 – see the following entry. :
| 【増加ぞうか】 | [noun] increasing (increased amount) [verb] increase (in quantity or volume) |
(This term, 增加, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 增 | 加 |

### Noun

增加 • (jeungga) (hangeul 증가)
* hanja form of 증가