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胀

zhàng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 脹

What 胀 means

1. to swell; to distend; to expand
2. swollen; bloated

Example sentences

• 我的胃是胀满的。
  Wǒ de wèi shì zhàng mǎn de.
  My stomach is full.
• 利率和通货膨胀很高。
  Lìlǜ hé tōnghuòpéngzhàng hěn gāo.
  Interest rates and inflation were high.
• 随着通货膨胀的发展美元贬值了。
  Suízhe tōnghuòpéngzhàng de fāzhǎn Měiyuán biǎnzhí le.
  The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation rises.
• 首先，因为海水变热时膨胀，海平面可能提高。
  Shǒuxiān, yīnwèi hǎishuǐ biàn rè shí péngzhàng, hǎipíngmiàn kěnéng tígāo.
  First of all, the level of the ocean could rise, because ocean water expands as it grows warmer.
• 鹰嘴豆和青豆等豆类虽然会引起胀气，但却是极佳的美食。
  Some legumes, like chickpeas and green beans, cause flatulence but are excellent foods.
• 他在墙上钻了个洞，把膨胀螺栓塞进去，拧上一颗螺丝，然后在螺丝上挂了一幅阿尔卑斯山的画。
  He drilled a hole in the wall, pushed a Rawlplug into it, screwed in a screw, and hung on the screw a picture of the Alps.

Words starting with 胀

• 胀大zhàng dàswollen
• 胀起zhàng qǐbulge
• 胀奶zhàng nǎivariant of 涨奶

Words containing 胀

• 膨胀péng zhàngto expand; to inflate; to swell
• 通货膨胀tōng huò péng zhànginflation
• 肿胀zhǒng zhàngswelling; oedema; internal bruising
• 通胀tōng zhànginflation (abbr. for 通货膨胀
• 吹胀chuī zhàngto blow up; to inflate
• 发胀fā zhàngto swell up; swelling
• 头胀tóu zhàngdistention in the head (TCM)
• 鼓胀gǔ zhàngto swell; tympanites
• 通胀率tōng zhàng lǜinflation rate
• 热胀冷缩rè zhàng lěng suōthermal expansion and contraction
• 头脑发胀tóu nǎo fā zhàngswelling of the head (physical condition); fig. swellheaded; conceited
• 紫胀zǐ zhàngto get red and swollen
• 恶性通货膨胀è xìng tōng huò péng zhànghyperinflation
• 头昏脑胀tóu hūn nǎo zhàng(idiom) to feel giddy; to feel dizzy; one's head spins
• 滞胀zhì zhàngstagflation (i.e. simultaneous inflation and stagnation)
• 头晕脑胀tóu yūn nǎo zhàngdizzy and light-headed
• 臌胀gǔ zhàngvariant of 鼓胀

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 脏zāngdirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty
• 肠chángintestines
• 胖pàngfat; plump
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 肛gāngused in 脱肛

Characters that look like 胀

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

• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 栈zhàna wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse
• 狈bèia legendary wolf; distressed; wretched
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon
• 胫jìnglower part of leg
• 驸fùprince consort

Sounds the same

Read zhàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丈measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband
• 账account; bill; debt
• 障to block; to hinder; to obstruct
• 帐(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
• 仗weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield
• 杖a staff; a rod; cane
• 涨to swell; to distend
• 瘴malaria; miasma
• 嶂cliff; range of peaks
• 幛hanging scroll
• 瞕cataract in the eye
• 粀decameter (old)