Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
涨
zhǎng, zhàng
Description
"涨"的意思是价格、水位或数量变高、变多。
"涨" means that prices, water levels, or quantities increase or rise.
我们常说物价涨了，或者河水涨了。
We often say that prices have 涨 or that the river water has 涨.
Meanings
涨zhǎng
to rise; to go up (price, level)
今年菜价涨了很多。
Vegetable prices have risen a lot this year.
涨zhǎng
to rise (of water level)
下大雨后，河水涨了。
The river rose after the heavy rain.
涨zhàng
to swell; to expand
他气得脸都涨红了。
He was so angry that his face turned red.
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Notes
- Etymology
氵(water) + 张 (to stretch/expand), originally water rising.
- Nuance
read zhǎng for rising prices/water; zhàng for physical swelling.
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