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zhǎng

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zhǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǎng | zhang3
English translation
flood tide; to rise in price

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About zhǎng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zhǎng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of zhǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵張

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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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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