Level 3 · Intermediate
Even more: 更
更 + Adj.
更 (gèng) before an adjective means "even more": 这个好，那个更好 "this one is good, that one is even better". It always compares against something already mentioned or implied.
Don't confuse it with 最: 更好 is "better (than that)", 最好 is "the best (of all)". 更 also slots neatly into 比 sentences for extra punch: 今天比昨天更冷 "today is even colder than yesterday (and yesterday was already cold)".
Examples
这个好，那个更好。
這個好，那個更好。
zhè ge hǎo nà ge gèng hǎo
This one is good — that one is even better.
今天比昨天更冷。
jīn tiān bǐ zuó tiān gèng lěng
Today is even colder than yesterday.
我喜欢喝茶，但是我更喜欢喝咖啡。
我喜歡喝茶，但是我更喜歡喝咖啡。
wǒ xǐ huan hē chá dàn shì wǒ gèng xǐ huan hē kā fēi
I like tea, but I like coffee even more.
Common mistakes
✗ 他是我们班更高的学生。
✓ 他是我们班最高的学生。
"The -est" of a whole group is 最 — 更 only means "even more than something else".
Related grammar points
See it in a story
Read this pattern in context: The Story of Farmer Paavo · Playing Ball Together — free graded stories with tap-to-reveal pinyin and translations.
