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漲

zhǎng

rise in price

Strokes
14
Radical
水
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 涨

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 涨, the simplified form of 漲. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 物价上涨了。

    Wù jià shàng zhǎng le

    Prices are going up.

  • 他不肯给我涨工资。

    Tā bù kěn gěi wǒ zhǎng gōng zī

    He would not raise my salary.

  • 市场上涨了半点。

    Shì chǎng shàng zhǎng le bàn diǎn

    The market rose half a point.

  • 油价上涨的可能性很高。

    Yóu jià shàng zhǎng de kě néng xìng hěn gāo

    There is a good chance that gasoline prices will go up.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 涨

  • 涨zhǎng 3to rise (of prices, rivers)
  • 上涨shàng zhǎng 4–3 to rise; to go up
  • 涨价zhǎng jià 3–4 to appreciate (in value); to increase in price
  • 高涨gāo zhǎng 1–3 to surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high
  • 水涨船高shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo 3–3–2–1 → 2–3–2–1the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation
  • 涨zhàng 4to swell; to distend