The noise is getting louder and louder.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
愈来愈
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 愈来愈 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 愈来愈 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She is getting prettier and prettier.
It seems to be becoming hard to get a good job.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 愈来愈.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 愈来愈.
Directly before
- 似乎愈来愈1
- 她愈来愈1
- 也愈来愈1
- 噪音愈来愈1
- 天气愈来愈1
Directly after
- 愈来愈大2
- 愈来愈难1
- 愈来愈漂亮1
- 愈来愈凉爽1
- 愈来愈严重1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 愈来愈
What does 愈来愈 mean in Chinese?
愈来愈 (yùláiyù) means more and more.
How do you pronounce 愈来愈?
愈来愈 is pronounced yùláiyù.
Is 愈来愈 an HSK word?
愈来愈 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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