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涨

zhǎng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 漲

What 涨 means

1. to rise (of prices, rivers)

Other readings

涨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhàngto swell; to distend

Example sentences

• 日元涨了。
  The Japanese yen appreciated.
• 物价上涨。
  Prices went up.
• 物价上涨了。
  Prices are going up.
• 物价在上涨。
  Prices are going up.
• 物价持续上涨。
  Prices continued to rise.
• 市场上涨了半点。
  The market rose half a point.

Words starting with 涨

• 涨价zhǎng jiàto appreciate (in value); to increase in price
• 涨幅zhǎng fúextent of a rise (in prices etc); amount of increase…
• 涨到zhǎng dàoto go up; to rise
• 涨红zhàng hóngto turn red (in the face); to flush (with embarrassment or anger)
• 涨潮zhǎng cháohigh tide; rising tide
• 涨跌zhǎng diērise or fall in price
• 涨停zhǎng tíng(of a stock price) to rise to the daily upper limit…
• 涨势zhǎng shìrising trend; upward momentum (e.g. in prices)
• 涨奶zhàng nǎito have engorged breasts (after childbirth); to have swollen and painful breasts from…
• 涨水zhǎng shuǐrise of water level
• 涨满zhàng mǎnfull to the point of overflowing (fluid, emotions etc)
• 涨粉zhǎng fěnto get more fans; to gain followers
• 涨落zhǎng luò(of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
• 涨钱zhǎng qiáninflation; salary raise
• 涨风zhǎng fēngupward trend (in prices)
• 涨停板zhǎng tíng bǎndaily upper limit on the price of a stock
• 涨姿势zhǎng zī shìInternet slang for 长知识
• 涨跌幅限制zhǎng diē fú xiàn zhìlimit up, limit down; limit on daily price variation

Words containing 涨

• 高涨gāo zhǎngto surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high
• 上涨shàng zhǎngto rise; to go up
• 暴涨bào zhǎngto increase sharply; to rise dramatically
• 飞涨fēi zhǎngsoaring inflation; rocketing prices
• 水涨船高shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāothe tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend…
• 看涨kàn zhǎng(finance) bullish
• 冻涨dòng zhǎngto freeze (prices, fees etc) (Tw)
• 猛涨měng zhǎng(of water) to soar; (of prices) to skyrocket
• 脸红筋涨liǎn hóng jīn zhǎngred and tense with anger (idiom)
• 飙涨biāo zhǎng(of prices) to skyrocket; to soar
• 头昏脑涨tóu hūn nǎo zhàngvariant of 头昏脑胀
• 头晕脑涨tóu yūn nǎo zhàngvariant of 头晕脑胀

Characters that look like 涨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 绸chóu(light) silk
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid

Sounds the same

Read zhǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 鞝patch of leather
• 仉surname Zhang