diu6 sing1調升调升
Jyutpingdiu6 sing1
Yalediuh sīng
Definition
To raise, adjust upward, or increase a value.
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How it's used
Focuses on formal adjustments to rates, prices, or official figures rather than general increases in quantity or size. It carries a sense of administrative or institutional decision making, making it common in news reports or business discussions. Use it when describing a deliberate upward shift in a set value.
Examples
The government has decided to increase the minimum wage.
Do you think he will increase the rent?
Related words
Common phrases
to increase interest rates
to increase prices
Common mistake
Avoid using this for physical size or general amounts, where words like 加 or 增加 are more natural. It sounds overly stiff or technical if applied to everyday objects like increasing the volume of a television or adding more sugar to tea.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
