越发: Increasingly After a Change in Chinese
越发
越发 marks a quality, attitude, or tendency as becoming stronger after a change or against an earlier state. It normally precedes an adjectival or stative predicate and often follows a cause, new information, or 随着 phrase. Unlike 越来越, it is a single adverb and cannot be split around the predicate.
Published July 23, 2026
Reviewed July 23, 2026
01 / PATTERN
See the Structure
MODEL
Changed circumstance + Subject + 越发 + Predicate
Read the structure
越发 marks a quality, attitude, or tendency as becoming stronger after a change or against an earlier state. It normally precedes an adjectival or stative predicate and often follows a cause, new information, or 随着 phrase. Unlike 越来越, it is a single adverb and cannot be split around the predicate. Keep the model Changed circumstance + Subject + 越发 + Predicate visible while you compare each sentence.
听到这个消息，同学们越发有热情了。
After hearing the news, the students became even more enthusiastic.
Choose the right context
Show enthusiasm increasing after news arrives. Describe a tendency strengthening as circumstances change. Contrast a later state with an earlier baseline.
随着年龄的增长，他越发不喜欢旅行了。
As he grew older, he increasingly disliked travelling.
Respect the boundary
Do not split 越 and 发 around the predicate. Do not place 越发 after the adjective it modifies. Do not use it for a fixed degree with no change or comparison over time.
她越相信这个团队发。
(She more trusted this team increasingly.)
Repair the pattern
越发 is split around the predicate: 越发 is one inseparable degree adverb and must remain together before 相信. The adverb follows the predicate: 越发 modifies the following stative predicate and therefore precedes 不喜欢.
她越发相信这个团队。
Use the repaired structure without changing the intended meaning.
02 / MAP
Read the Sentence
Read from left to right and notice the job performed by each part. The labels describe this example; they are not a rule that every Chinese sentence must copy.
听到这个消息，同学们越发有热情了。
After hearing the news, the students became even more enthusiastic.
听到
Changed circumstance
This part occupies the Changed circumstance position in the model pattern.
这个
Subject
This part occupies the Subject position in the model pattern.
消息
越发
This part occupies the 越发 position in the model pattern.
，
Predicate
This part occupies the Predicate position in the model pattern.
同学
Changed circumstance
This part occupies the Changed circumstance position in the model pattern.
们
Subject
This part occupies the Subject position in the model pattern.
越
越发
This part occupies the 越发 position in the model pattern.
发
Predicate
This part occupies the Predicate position in the model pattern.
有
Changed circumstance
This part occupies the Changed circumstance position in the model pattern.
热情
Subject
This part occupies the Subject position in the model pattern.
了
越发
This part occupies the 越发 position in the model pattern.
03 / EXAMPLES
Examples You Can Reuse
Keep the structure stable while changing the people, objects, times, or conditions. Pinyin is shown as reading support; use the Chinese sentence and translation to confirm the grammar relationship.
听到这个消息，同学们越发有热情了。
After hearing the news, the students became even more enthusiastic.
随着年龄的增长，他越发不喜欢旅行了。
As he grew older, he increasingly disliked travelling.
问题解决以后，她越发相信这个团队。
After the problem was solved, she trusted the team even more.
04 / LIMITS
When to Use It — and When Not To
Use it when
- Show enthusiasm increasing after news arrives.
- Describe a tendency strengthening as circumstances change.
- Contrast a later state with an earlier baseline.
Do not use it when
- Do not split 越 and 发 around the predicate.
- Do not place 越发 after the adjective it modifies.
- Do not use it for a fixed degree with no change or comparison over time.
05 / REPAIR
Compare Right and Wrong
Compare the smallest meaningful change. Each explanation identifies a placement, scope, form, or clause relationship instead of treating the whole sentence as one undifferentiated mistake.
她越相信这个团队发。
她越发相信这个团队。
越发 is split around the predicate
越发 is one inseparable degree adverb and must remain together before 相信.
他不喜欢旅行越发了。
他越发不喜欢旅行了。
The adverb follows the predicate
越发 modifies the following stative predicate and therefore precedes 不喜欢.
她越相信这个团队发。
越发 is one inseparable degree adverb and must remain together before 相信.
他不喜欢旅行越发了。
越发 modifies the following stative predicate and therefore precedes 不喜欢.
06 / PRACTICE
Practice the Grammar Point
Complete three short tasks in order: judge the pattern, repair a common error, and build the sentence. Feedback is fixed and reviewed, so these activities do not use a checker allowance.
1. Judge the sentence
2. Choose the correction
3. Build the sentence
Build a complete sentence with 越发.
07 / APPLY
Apply It in Your Sentence
Write one original sentence with 越发. Your draft moves to the checker through this browser session, selects this grammar point as the first review focus, and waits for you to submit.
08 / QUESTIONS
越发: Increasingly After a Change Questions
How is 越发 different from 越来越?
Both express increase. 越发 is one adverb often triggered by context, while 越来越 is a productive frame directly presenting change over time.
Can negation follow 越发?
Yes. 越发不喜欢 means the dislike becomes stronger.
09 / SOURCES
Sources and Review Notes
These references support different parts of the lesson. GF0025-2021 supports level placement only; professional grammar works support the explanation, limits, examples, and cross-checks. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement.
Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education (GF0025-2021)
Ministry of Education and State Language Commission · Ministry of Education of the PRC · 2021
Locator: GF0025-2021 Appendix A, combined Levels 7–9 item 【七—九011】, 程度副词：越发 (printed p. 238; PDF page 244)
Supports placement in the official combined Levels 7-9 band; the exact site level remains an internal difficulty label; it does not independently establish the usage explanation.
Official sourceModern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide, 3rd ed.
Ross, Ma, Chen, He and Yeh · Routledge · 2024
Locator: Chapter 38, §§38.3.1–38.3.2, change over time and increasing degree; Chapter 15, preverbal adverbs
Explains increasing-degree expressions as preceding the changing predicate and distinguishing a contextual increase from a fixed degree.
Official source10 / CONTINUE
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