涨 (zhǎng): to rise (of prices, rivers), to swell, to distend
涨 (zhǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to rise (of prices, rivers).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 张 (phonetic). It ranks #1786 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 涨 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to rise (of prices, rivers)
- to swell
- to distend
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 涨
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高涨verb | gāo zhǎng | to surge up |
| 涨潮verb | zhǎng cháo | high tide |
| 暴涨verb | bào zhǎng | to increase sharply |
| 飞涨verb | fēi zhǎng | soaring inflation |
| 看涨 | kàn zhǎng | (finance) bullish |
| 水涨船高phrase | shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo | the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom) |
| 猛涨verb | měng zhǎng | (of water) to soar |
| 头昏脑涨 | tóu hūn nǎo zhàng | variant of 頭昏腦脹|头昏脑胀 |
| 涨落verb | zhǎng luò | (of water, prices etc) to rise and fall |
| 涨幅noun | zhǎng fú | extent of a rise (in prices etc) |
| 涨跌noun | zhǎng diē | rise or fall in price |
| 涨到 | zhǎng dào | to go up |
| 涨水verb | zhǎng shuǐ | rise of water level |
| 涨停板 | zhǎng tíng bǎn | daily upper limit on the price of a stock |
| 涨风 | zhǎng fēng | upward trend (in prices) |
涨 appears in 30 compound words: 60 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 3 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 涨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
清晨的涨面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de zhǎng miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The morning surface ripples glistened, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
盘中速报 - MANTRA大涨8.28%,报0.07美元
pán zhōng sù bào M A N T R A dà zhǎng 8 . 2 8 , bào 0 . 0 7 měi yuán
Intraday Express - MANTRA surged 8.28% to $0.07
台积ADR封关期间涨逾2%...台股金马年开红盘 蓄势冲关3...
tái jī A D R fēng guān qī jiān zhǎng yú 2 . . . tái gǔ jīn mǎ nián kāi hóng pán xù shì chōng guān 3 . . .
TSMC ADR rose more than 2% during customs closure... Taiwan stocks opened in the red market in the Year of the Golden Horse and are poised to break through 3...
(图表)欧洲三大股指2月20日全线上涨
( tú biǎo ) ōu zhōu sān dà gǔ zhǐ 2 yuè 2 0 rì quán xiàn shàng zhǎng
(Chart) The three major European stock indexes rose across the board on February 20
利弗莫尔中概股龙头指数收涨0.94% 网易有道涨近..
lì 弗 mò ěr zhōng gài gǔ lóng tóu zhǐ shǔ shōu zhǎng 0 . 9 4 wǎng yì yǒu dào zhǎng jìn . .
Livermore Chinese Concept Stock Leading Index closed up 0.94% NetEase Youdao rose nearby:
存储概念股普涨 西部数据(WDC.US)涨逾3%
cún chǔ gài niàn gǔ pǔ zhǎng xī bù shǔ jù ( W D C . U S ) zhǎng yú 3
Storage concept stocks rose across Western Digital (WDC. US) rose more than 3%
旅行社的利润猛涨。
Lǚxíngshè de lìrùn měngzhàng.
Travel agencies' profits soared.
台币上涨，造成台湾的出口贸易萎靡不振。
Táibì shàngzhǎng, zàochéng Táiwān de chūkǒu màoyì wěimǐbùzhèn.
The Taiwanese dollar appreciated, causing Taiwanese exports to slump.
因为暴雨，河水暴涨漫过河岸。
Yīnwèi bàoyǔ, héshuǐ bàozhǎng màn guo hé'àn.
Due to the rainstorm, the river water surged over the river banks.
价格还会继续涨吗？
Jiàgé hái huì jìxù zhǎng ma?
Will the price keep going up?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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