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zhǎng

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zhǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǎng | zhang3
English translation
to rise (of prices, rivers)
to swell
to distend
flood tide; to rise in price

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About zhǎng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zhǎng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of zhǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵张

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Zhāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Zhāng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhǎng .

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Example sentences using zhǎng

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百物 bǎi wù 涨价 zhǎng jià shí ,觉得 juéde 料理 liào lǐ 家务 jiāwù hěn nán .

She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

王春丽 de 同行 tóng háng duì 价格 jiàgé 上涨 shàng zhǎng 喜忧参半 xǐ yōu cān bàn .

She and her counterparts had mixed feelings about the price rise.

那里 nà li zuì jìn 物价 wù jià 上涨 shàng zhǎng , duì xīn 雇员 gù yuán 影响 yǐngxiǎng 最大.

The recent rise in prices there tells heavily on low - salaried employees.

qiáo gěi 上涨 shàng zhǎng de 河水 hé shuǐ 冲走 chōng zǒu le .

The bridge was washed away by the swollen river.

bàn 小时 xiǎoshí 以后 yǐ hòu , Hǎi 沃德气冲冲 qì chōng chōng de chuǎng le 进来 jìn lái , 面孔 miàn kǒng 涨得通红 tōng hóng .

Half an hour later, Heyward stormed in, his face flushed.

Words with zhǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhǎng to rise (of prices, rivers) zhǎng
上涨 shàng zhǎng to rise上漲
高涨 gāozhǎng to surge up高漲
涨幅 zhǎng fú amount of increase漲幅
涨价 zhǎng jià to appreciate (in value)漲價
涨潮 zhǎng cháo high tide漲潮
暴涨 bào zhǎng to increase sharply暴漲
飞涨 fēi zhǎng soaring inflation飛漲
看涨 kàn zhǎng bull market (prices appear to be rising)看漲
涨势 zhǎng shì rising trend漲勢
水涨船高 shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo to develop according to the situation水漲船高
猛涨 měng zhǎng (of water) to soar猛漲
头昏脑涨 tóu hūn nǎo zhàng giddy頭昏腦漲
涨落 zhǎng luò (of water, prices etc) to rise and fall漲落
涨红 zhàng hóng to turn red (in the face)漲紅
涨水 zhǎng shuǐ rise of water level漲水
涨钱 zhǎng qián inflation漲錢
涨风 zhǎng fēng upward trend (in prices)漲風

zhǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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zhǎng Decomposition

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