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通货膨胀

tōng huò péng zhàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 通貨膨脹

通货膨胀 (tōng huò péng zhàng) means "inflation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 通货膨胀 means

1. inflation

The characters in 通货膨胀

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 货huògoods; money; commodity
• 膨péngswollen
• 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated

Example sentences

• 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.

Words containing 通货膨胀

• 恶性通货膨胀è xìng tōng huò péng zhànghyperinflation

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