Definition

1. Verb:
   • To increase: To become or make something larger in number, amount, degree, or intensity.
   • To rise, to grow: To go up or become greater.

Usage

• Gia tăng is a transitive or intransitive verb. It is used in formal, academic, and journalistic contexts to describe a rise or growth in measurable quantities such as population, price, temperature, pressure, or abstract concepts like risk, tension, or effort.
• It often implies a noticeable or significant upward change.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Dân số của thành phố này đang gia tăng nhanh chóng. (The population of this city is increasing rapidly.)
  • Chính phủ cần có biện pháp để gia tăng hiệu quả sản xuất. (The government needs measures to increase production efficiency.)
  • Áp lực công việc đã gia tăng đáng kể trong tháng qua. (Work pressure has increased significantly over the past month.)
  • Nhiệt độ sẽ gia tăng vào cuối tuần. (The temperature will rise over the weekend.)

Advanced Usage

• "gia tăng thêm": To increase further, to add to an existing increase.
  • Lạm phát đã cao và có nguy cơ gia tăng thêm. (Inflation is already high and risks increasing further.)
• "sự gia tăng" (noun form): The increase, the growth.
  • Sự gia tăng của mực nước biển là một mối đe dọa. (The rise in sea level is a threat.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tăng (verb): To increase, to rise. (More common and versatile in both formal and informal contexts than "gia tăng").
• Tăng lên (verb phrase): To go up, to increase.
• Tăng cường (verb): To strengthen, to enhance (often used for efforts, capabilities, or intensity).
• Phát triển (verb): To develop (implies a process of growth and change, not just a numerical increase).
• Tăng trưởng (verb/noun): To grow, growth (often used in economics: - economic growth).

Synonyms

• Tăng: To increase.
• Tăng lên: To go up.
• Nâng cao: To raise, to elevate (often for levels or standards).
• Mở rộng: To expand (in scope or size).

Related Phrases

• Gia tăng dân số: Population increase.
• Gia tăng áp lực: Mounting pressure.
• Tốc độ gia tăng: Rate of increase.

Notes

• Gia tăng and tăng are often interchangeable, but gia tăng sounds more formal and is often used in written reports or news. Tăng is neutral and more common in daily speech.
• Avoid using gia tăng for simple, everyday increases (e.g., "tăng giá" for "price increase" is more natural than "gia tăng giá"). Gia tăng is better for describing trends or significant changes.

verb

1. to increase