Level 4 · Upper Intermediate
Along with change: 随着
随着 + Change，Subj. + also changes · Traditional: 隨著 + Change，Subj. + also changes
随着 (suízhe) links two changes that move together: 随着天气变热，来公园的人越来越多 "as the weather gets hotter, more and more people come to the park". The 随着 clause names an ongoing change; the main clause tells what changes along with it — 越来越 is its favorite partner.
It's slightly formal, more at home in writing and news than in chat. And it needs a real process after it: a state or a reason (他是老师) doesn't work — that's 因为 territory.
Examples
随着天气变热，来公园的人越来越多。
隨著天氣變熱，來公園的人越來越多。
suí zhe tiān qì biàn rè lái gōng yuán de rén yuè lái yuè duō
As the weather gets hotter, more and more people come to the park.
随着中文水平的提高，她看书看得越来越快。
隨著中文水平的提高，她看書看得越來越快。
suí zhe zhōng wén shuǐ píng de tí gāo tā kàn shū kàn de yuè lái yuè kuài
As her Chinese improves, she reads faster and faster.
随着手机越来越便宜，买手机的人也越来越多。
隨著手機越來越便宜，買手機的人也越來越多。
suí zhe shǒu jī yuè lái yuè pián yi mǎi shǒu jī de rén yě yuè lái yuè duō
As phones get cheaper and cheaper, more and more people buy them.
Common mistakes
✗ 随着他是老师，他很忙。
✓ 因为他是老师，所以他很忙。
随着 needs an ongoing change after it — a state or reason takes 因为 instead.
Related grammar points
See it in a story
Read this pattern in context: The McGriddle — free graded stories with tap-to-reveal pinyin and translations.
